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14 J. Forensic Psychiatry & Psych. 1 (2003)

handle is hein.journals/jnlofncpy14 and id is 1 raw text is: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology BrunnerROutledge4T~rFani Vol 14 No 1 April 2003 1-3 EDITORIALS Journal of Forensic Psychiatry: 2003 and beyond MALCOLM J. MacCULLOCH The journal sends congratulations and good wishes to Alec Buchanan who has been appointed to the academic staff of the School of Medicine at Yale. We wish to thank him for his contribution to the journal and we are delighted that he will continue as a valued member of the Editorial Board and provide a robust US connection for the journal. A change of Editor-in-Chief inevitably suggests a tour of the horizon of both the practice of forensic mental health research and care and the scope and development of the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. In the mental health component of the NHS in the UK we are enduring 'interesting' times. The attrition of the county asylums continues even though the need for psychiatric admissions is rising. Care in the community has not successfully taken over the function of lost psychiatric beds and the benefits of atypical neuroleptics have been partly offset by the psychoses- inducing effects of illicit drugs. A currently accelerating shortage of consultant psychiatrists both in general psychiatry and within forensic psychiatry has developed to the point where exceptional administrative measures are now being taken to secure suitable candidates for vacant posts. Within elements of forensic psychia- try-for example, long-term medium secure care-almost half of the total provision of beds lies within the independent sector, a development which adds complexity to the process of commissioning forensic services, particularly post-discharge care, and also to personnel planning. The UK government has recently published a series of documents that signal its intention to extend radically the powers and scope of mental health legislation, culminating in 2002 in a draft Mental Health Bill that has The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology ISSN 1478-9949 print/ISSN 1478-9957 online D 2003 Taylor & Francis Ltd http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000085881

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