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Management of COVID-19 Response in a Secure Forensic Mental Health Setting: Réponse à la gestion de la COVID-19 dans un établissement sécurisé de santé mentale et de psychiatrie légale.

Alexander I F SimpsonSumeeta ChatterjeePadraig DarbyRoland M JonesMargaret MaheandiranStephanie R PenneyTania SaccoccioVicky StergiopoulosTreena Wilkie
Published in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2020)
Forensic secure settings present major challenges as some proposals for pandemic management such as decarceration or early release are not possible, and facilities may present challenges to achieve sustained social distancing. Assertive testing, cohorting, and isolation units are appropriate responses to these challenges.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus