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The Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Symptom Rating Scale (CAPP SRS) is a relatively new measure of psychopathic personality disorder (PPD) based on the CAPP concept map of psychopathy. To investigate the CAPP SRS, we identified the most plausible formal test structure for the test using the framework proposed by Slaney and Maraun, identified an appropriate quantitative characterization of that test structure, and then statistically evaluated it based on analysis of CAPP SRS data collected from a multisite sample of 314 adult male correctional offenders and secure hospital patients in Scotland and England. Overall, the CAPP SRS survived falsification when observed test data were compared to expectations based on the unidimensional monotone latent variable or UMLV model of Holland and Rosenbaum. CAPP SRS composite scores calculated consistent with the UMLV model had good measurement precision and good external validity with respect to scores on an established test of PPD. The findings provide provisional support for the test validity of the CAPP SRS and highlight the importance of theory-driven evaluations of test validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology dedicated to violent extremism and mental health. We address three challenges faced by mental health practitioners who work with people whose harm potential may be ideologically motived. First, how can practitioners engage in good practice in risk assessment and management when the evidence base for such practice in the violent extremism field is limited? Second, how can a mental health practitioner establish and understand the role of an extremist ideology in a client in their care and differentiate it from motivational drivers that may result in broadly similar kinds of actual, attempted or threatened violence? Third, how can practitioners and their services respond to the risks posed in ways that recognise and balance the needs of both the client and those multiple other agencies dedicated to public protection? Following the examination of these challenges, and a brief comment about the relevance of coronavirus to risk of violent extremism, each paper in the special issue will be introduced and their contribution to the work of practitioners who carry such responsibility summarised. The paper concludes with key points and recommendations linked to the three challenges addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Pressures are increasing for clinicians to provide high-quality, efficient care, leading to increased concerns about staff burnout. Purpose: This study asks whether staff well-being can be achieved in ways that are also beneficial for the patient's experience of care. It explores whether relational coordination can contribute to both staff well-being and patient satisfaction in outpatient surgical clinics where time constraints paired with high needs for information transfer increase both the need for and the challenge of achieving timely and accurate communication. Methodology/Approach: We studied relational coordination among surgeons, nurses, residents, administrators, technicians, and secretaries in 11 outpatient surgical clinics. Data were combined from a staff and a patient survey to conduct a cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using ordinary least squares and random effects regression models. Results: Relational coordination among allworkgroupswas significantly associatedwith staff outcomes, including job satisfaction, work engagement, and burnout. Relational coordination was also significantly associated with patients' satisfactionwith staff and their overall visit, though the association between relational coordination and patients' satisfaction with their providers did not reach statistical significance. Practice Implications: Even when patientYstaff interactions are relatively brief, as in outpatient settings, high levels of relational coordination among interdependent workgroups contribute to positive outcomes for both staff and patients, and low levels tend to have the opposite effect. Clinical leaders can increase the expectation of positive outcomes for both staff and their patients by implementing interventions to strengthen relational coordination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The task of assessing and managing risk of violence has evolved considerably in the last 25 years, and the field of violent extremism has the potential to stand on the shoulders of the giants of this time. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify good practice in the risk field and to apply that to the specific area of risk in relation to violent extremism – in order that developments here accord to highest standards of practice achieved so far elsewhere. Method and Results: We begin by addressing the essential requirement to define the task of assessing and managing the risk of violent extremism – What is its purpose and parameters, who are its practitioners, in what contexts is this activity delivered, and how might any such context both facilitate and hinder the objectives of the task? Next, we map the terrain – What guidance is already available to assist practitioners in their work of understanding and managing the risk of violent extremism, and by what standards may we judge the quality of this and future guidance in the contexts in which is it applied? Finally, we explore options for the development of the field in terms of the empirical basis upon which the risks presented by individuals and the organizations to which they may affiliate are assessed, understood, and managed. Conclusions: Recommendations are proposed in relation to each of these three areas of concern with a view to supporting the rapid and credible advancement of this growing and vital area of endeavour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]