[startgroup] Re: E-mail list
- From: "Alexander M MILLKEY" <alexander.m.millkey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:37:36 -0700
Hello All,
I'm very glad that you have set up this listserv - thank you very much! It will
be helpful to be able to confer with colleagues.
I am curious to hear how the START is being used at other insitutions, and
generally the implementation went. We have received advice from Tonia, Johann,
Marcel, and Sarah about implementation, and have read the articles that have
been published, but I think that we at my hospital could benefit from the
experience of others.
At Oregon State Hospital (OSH) - a state-run forensic and long-term civil
hospital with a census of about 650 - we began using the START eight or nine
months ago as a central feature for our hospital board that makes decisions
about granting privileges and recommending conditional release (the Risk Review
Panel). I think that within a month we will begin having our treatment teams
administer the START every three months (or more frequently), and I think it
will be integrated into treatment planning.
Implementation has gone relatively well. Forensic units adopted it fairly
readily. I think that this is because the Risk Review Panel meets with foensic
treatment teams regularly and can provide feedback, and also because risk
assessment is a familiar and accepted part of the forensic culture at OSH.
Implementation has been less smooth with the civil side of the hospital, but is
moving along (I think primarily due to the advocacy and outreach of a couple of
members of our START Implementation Team). There seems to be some internal
debate as to whether the START should implemented on our Civil Geriatric wards.
How is the START being used elsewhere, and how has implementation been?
Best Regards,
Alex
Alexander M. Millkey, Psy.D.
Evaluation Psychologist
Forensic Evaluation Service
Oregon State Hospital
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>>> "Roger Almvik" <roger.almvik@xxxxxxx> 07/06/09 1:39 AM >>>
Hi all ! This is the email list for clinicians and researchers related to
the use of and research related to the START . All emails sent to this email
address will be distributed to the rest of the group. Save this email
address (startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) in your contacts and every time you want
to send an email to all group members just use this address. Please note
that you can only use this list from the address you are registered with. If
you like to add more email addresses, please let me know and we will add it
to the list.
If any problems or questions, please contact me at roger.almvik@xxxxxxx
Cheers
--
Research Director
Roger Almvik, DPhil, RN, RMN
St. Olav's Hospital, Forensic Dept. Bröset
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry
Norwegian University of Science & Technology,INM, NTNU
PO 1803 Lade, N-7440 Trondheim, Norway. Tel +47 45468880
PS Sarah, the list is more or less complete now
From: startgroup-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:startgroup-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Desmarais, Sarah
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:09 PM
To: startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [startgroup] Re: E-mail list
Hi all,
Roger - thanks for setting this up! You probably have most of these already,
but here is a list of START contacts that I've built up over the years. I'm
missing some of the contacts from your group as well as Anne's (and probably
some others), but I'm sure someone can forward you those addresses.
It was so nice to those of you who were at the Edinburgh meeting. As
promised I will send around version 1.1 shortly. It will probably be easiest
to send to everyone using this new account. Roger, can you please let me
know when the list is more or less finalized? Looking forward to working
with everyone.
Best wishes,
Sarah
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