Elnike Brand

Datos Biográficos

ID7960716
NOMBREElnike Brand
NOMBRESElnike
APELLIDOBrand
FIRMABRAND E
AFILIACIONESThe University of Queensland
ORCID0000-0002-5053-8912
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Sexual knowledge of Queensland forensic mental health patients

    Open AccessElnike Brand, Ching Tham et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    Forensic patients with serious mental illnesses (SMI) encounter significant challenges including active symptomatology, associated social and interpersonal impairments, psychotropic medication side effects and institutionalization, all of which negatively affect sexual functioning and possibly their acquirement of sexual knowledge. Evidence shows an increased prevalence of high-risk sexual behavior by this group however, there is an absence of li…

  • A Qualitative Study on Sexuality and Sexual Experiences in Community Forensic Mental Health Patients in Queensland, Australia

    Open AccessElnike Brand, Dinesh Nagaraj et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    This qualitative study reports on the sexuality and sexual experiences of community-based forensic mental health participants. The findings indicate that these participants feel the need for intimacy and want to engage in sexual activity more often than their neurotypical Australian peers. Participants identified their mental health and the side effects of compliance with prescribed psychotropic medications were barriers to achieving their desire…

  • The Sexual Development, Sexual Health, Sexual Experiences, and Sexual Knowledge of Forensic Mental Health Patients

    Open AccessElnike Brand, Angela Ratsch et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Introduction: There is substantial evidence that severe mental illness (SMI) can have significant impacts on general development, knowledge acquisition, and quality of life including sexual function. However, whilst the sexual development, sexual health, sexual experiences and sexual knowledge of the broader Australian community and the Australian prisoner population have been well-described, these concepts have been less explored in people with …

  • Case Report

    Open AccessElnike Brand, Angela Ratsch et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    The recovery-based approach to forensic mental health rehabilitation is to support the patient to achieve a fulfilling life-a principle which should include achieving a fulfilling sexual life. This paper presents four vignettes from forensic mental health patients. The four cases demonstrate the omission, avoidance and then judgement by forensic mental health clinicians around the intimate and sensitive, yet important domain of the patient's sexu…