Évaluation des perceptions des patients psychiatriques médico-légaux auprès de professionnels de santé travaillant en santé mentale

Overall, health professionals are likely to disagree if at all agree with the fact that forensic patients break more institutional rules, be more aggressive or violent, have more symptoms than non-medical patients legal. Half of health professionals perceive forensic patients as needing more intensive care with specific ways. Furthermore, less than 50 % consider it necessary to diversify the interventions, perceive as difficult to manage in the care unit, opposite of care and less receptive to care. For most health professionals, obligation of treatment is helpful. The majority of respondents perceive forensic patients stigmatized as compared to other patients. According to the variable “type of institution”, health professionals working in a forensic institution consider that forensic patients are more stigmatized than no forensic patients. Moreover, they perceive them as requiring more specific ways, have more symptoms, less responsive to treatment, more break institutional rules and more violent and aggressive than no forensic patients. Being in contact or not with forensic patient not seem to change their perception. For cons, the results show a gender effect. Indeed, men perceive the obligation of treatment for forensic patients as being more useful and efficient compared to women. Then, the men think that forensic patients are more difficult to manage in the care unit, often violate the rules, are less receptive to treatment, oppose more often to care as compared to women. Finally, men perceive them as being more aggressive compared to no-forensic patients. Finally, the younger respondents perceive forensic patients as more stigmatized.