Conor Duggan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5708344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conor Duggan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conor |
| FAMILY NAME | Duggan |
| SIGNATURE | DUGGAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3740-5688 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Challenges to court room mental health decision-making in the face of uncertainty
Mental health professionals are frequently faced with the challenge of not only having to make decisions that have far-reaching consequences for the individual being assessed, but having to do so with inevitable degrees of uncertainty. Acknowledging and attempting to quantify this uncertainty ought therefore to be central to such an endeavour but, we argue, it is insufficiently recognised by the professionals involved. Specifically, ‘experts’ who…
Characteristics and Pathways of Long-Stay Patients in High and Medium Secure Settings in England; A Secondary Publication From a Large Mixed-Methods Study
Background: Many patients experience extended stays within forensic care, but the characteristics of long-stay patients are poorly understood. Aims: To describe the characteristics of long-stay patients in high and medium secure settings in England. Method: Detailed file reviews provided clinical, offending and risk data for a large representative sample of 401 forensic patients from 2 of the 3 high secure settings and from 23 of the 57 medium se…
The Quantification of Violence Scale
Background: Although there are many rating scales recording the incidence and intensity of violence there are none that are specifically concerned with the measurement and assessment of severe violence. Aims: To develop a scale sensitive to variation centred on severe violence, establish its normative values, test its feasibility, and assess its reliability and validity in different populations. Method: The Quantification of Violence Scale (QOVS)…
Childhood trauma, dissociation and self‐harming behaviour
Objective: Childhood trauma is known to be an important antecedent in those who engage in deliberate self‐harm (DSH). We aimed to explore the mediating mechanisms between childhood trauma and subsequent DSH in a sample of women detained in a high secure setting. Method: From a previous incidence study into DSH, we subdivided a group of 50 women as follows: non‐harmers ( N = 13), infrequent harmers ( N = 22) and frequent harmers ( N = 15). These t…
The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS)
In the first study, a combined sample of mature students, depressed and formerly depressed patients, and the patients first degree relatives completed either Form A or Form B of the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS). Factor analysis of the two sets of data suggest that, contrary to the original proposals, the two versions of the DAS are not equivalent when a wide range of respondents are sampled. A second study presents preliminary information a…
Childhood trauma, dissociation and self‐harming behaviour
Objective: Childhood trauma is known to be an important antecedent in those who engage in deliberate self‐harm (DSH). We aimed to explore the mediating mechanisms between childhood trauma and subsequent DSH in a sample of women detained in a high secure setting. Method: From a previous incidence study into DSH, we subdivided a group of 50 women as follows: non‐harmers ( N = 13), infrequent harmers ( N = 22) and frequent harmers ( N = 15). These t…
The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS)
In the first study, a combined sample of mature students, depressed and formerly depressed patients, and the patients first degree relatives completed either Form A or Form B of the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS). Factor analysis of the two sets of data suggest that, contrary to the original proposals, the two versions of the DAS are not equivalent when a wide range of respondents are sampled. A second study presents preliminary information a…
The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS)
In the first study, a combined sample of mature students, depressed and formerly depressed patients, and the patients first degree relatives completed either Form A or Form B of the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS). Factor analysis of the two sets of data suggest that, contrary to the original proposals, the two versions of the DAS are not equivalent when a wide range of respondents are sampled. A second study presents preliminary information a…
Childhood trauma, dissociation and self‐harming behaviour
Objective: Childhood trauma is known to be an important antecedent in those who engage in deliberate self‐harm (DSH). We aimed to explore the mediating mechanisms between childhood trauma and subsequent DSH in a sample of women detained in a high secure setting. Method: From a previous incidence study into DSH, we subdivided a group of 50 women as follows: non‐harmers ( N = 13), infrequent harmers ( N = 22) and frequent harmers ( N = 15). These t…
The Quantification of Violence Scale
Background: Although there are many rating scales recording the incidence and intensity of violence there are none that are specifically concerned with the measurement and assessment of severe violence. Aims: To develop a scale sensitive to variation centred on severe violence, establish its normative values, test its feasibility, and assess its reliability and validity in different populations. Method: The Quantification of Violence Scale (QOVS)…
Characteristics and Pathways of Long-Stay Patients in High and Medium Secure Settings in England; A Secondary Publication From a Large Mixed-Methods Study
Background: Many patients experience extended stays within forensic care, but the characteristics of long-stay patients are poorly understood. Aims: To describe the characteristics of long-stay patients in high and medium secure settings in England. Method: Detailed file reviews provided clinical, offending and risk data for a large representative sample of 401 forensic patients from 2 of the 3 high secure settings and from 23 of the 57 medium se…
Challenges to court room mental health decision-making in the face of uncertainty
Mental health professionals are frequently faced with the challenge of not only having to make decisions that have far-reaching consequences for the individual being assessed, but having to do so with inevitable degrees of uncertainty. Acknowledging and attempting to quantify this uncertainty ought therefore to be central to such an endeavour but, we argue, it is insufficiently recognised by the professionals involved. Specifically, ‘experts’ who…
Psychology (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (2 works) · Injury prevention (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Scale (ratio) (2 works)