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Publications: Dr Mark Freestone

Hua P, Shakoor S, Fenton S-J, Freestone M, Weich S, Bhui K ( 2023 ) . Racialised staff–patient relationships in inpatient mental health wards: a realist secondary qualitative analysis of patient experience data . BMJ Mental Health vol. 26 , ( 1 )
Mathlin G, Freestone M, Jones H ( 2022 ) . Factors associated with successful reintegration for male offenders: a systematic narrative review with implicit causal model . Journal of Experimental Criminology1 - 40 .
Ronaldson A, Freestone M, Zhang H, Marsh W, Bhui K ( 2022 ) . Authors' Response to Peer Reviews of “Using Structural Equation Modelling in Routine Clinical Data on Diabetes and Depression: Observational Cohort Study” . JMIRx Med vol. 3 , ( 2 )
Mathlin G, Freestone M, Taylor C, Shaw J ( 2021 ) . Authors' Responses to Peer Review of “Offenders With Personality Disorder Who Fail to Progress: A Case-Control Study Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Path Analysis” . JMIRxMed vol. 2 , ( 4 ) e33933 - e33933 .
Mathlin G, Freestone M, Taylor C, Shaw J ( 2021 ) . Offenders with Personality Disorder who Fail to Progress: A Case Control Study using PLS-SEM Path Analysis (Preprint) . JMIRx Med
Dein K, Hassiotis A, Woodbury-Smith M, Roychowdhury A, Squires R, Freestone M ( 2021 ) . Prevalence of autism within medium secure units: a feasibility study . Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Ronaldson A, Freestone MC, Zhang H, Marsh W, Bhui K ( 2020 ) . Using structural equation modelling in routine clinical data: Depression, diabetes, and use of Accident & Emergency (Preprint) . JMIR Medical Informatics
Bhui K, Otis M, Silva MJ, Halvorsrud K, Freestone M, Jones E ( 2020 ) . Extremism and common mental illness: cross-sectional community survey of White British and Pakistani men and women living in England . Br J Psychiatry vol. 217 , ( 4 ) 547 - 554 .
Ronaldson A, Chandakas E, Kang Q, Brennan K, Akande A, Ebyarimpa I, Wylie E, Howard G et al. ( 2020 ) . Cohort profile: The East London Health and Care Partnership Data Repository - Using novel integrated data to support commissioning and research . BMJ Open vol. 10 , ( 9 )
Bhui K, Otis M, Halvorsrud K, Freestone M, Jones E ( 2020 ) . Assessing risks of violent extremism in depressive disorders: developing and validating a new measure of Sympathies for Violent Protest and Terrorism (SVPT) . Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Jeffcote N, Freestone M, Heathcote C, Shaw J, Kennedy P ( 2020 ) . Agreement over content of case formulation in offender personality disorder pathway prison services . Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH vol. 30 , ( 2-3 ) 105 - 116 .
Crosswaite S, Freestone M, Ramsden J ( 2020 ) . Indefinite detention or supervision for public protection when a life sentence is not available: Pathway outcomes among prisoners in one region . Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health vol. 30 , ( 2-3 ) 95 - 104 .
Freestone M, Osman M, Ibrahim Y ( 2020 ) . On the uses and abuses of narcissism as a public health issue . The British Journal of Psychiatry
Kuester L, Freestone M ( 2020 ) . Time away is time out: narratives of intentional reimprisonment amongst inmates living with HIV in a US setting . Critical Public Health
Foyston Z, Taylor C, Freestone M ( 2019 ) . “Who needs secure services for personality disorder?” Results of an expert Delphi study with professional staff . BMC Psychiatry vol. 19 , ( 1 )
Camp J, Joy K, Freestone M ( 2018 ) . Does "Enhanced Support" for Offenders Effectively Reduce Custodial Violence and Disruption? An Evaluation of the Enhanced Support Service Pilot . Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol306624X17752254 - 306624X17752254 .
Freestone M ( 2017 ) . Personality, identity, risk and radicalisation . Int Rev Psychiatry vol. 29 , ( 4 ) 310 - 312 .
FREESTONE MC, Ullrich, Coid JW ( 2017 ) . External Trigger Factors for Violent Offending: Findings From the U.K. Prisoner Cohort Study . Criminal Justice and Behavior
Coid JW, Ullrich S, Kallis C, Freestone M, Gonzalez R, Bui L, Igoumenou A, Constantinou A et al. ( 2016 ) . Improving risk management for violence in mental health services: a multimethods approach . Programme Grants for Applied Research vol. 4 , ( 16 ) 1 - 408 .
Davoren M, Kallis C, González RA, Freestone M, Coid JW ( 2016 ) . Anxiety disorders and intimate partner violence: can the association be explained by coexisting conditions or borderline personality traits? . Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology1 - 20 .
Constantinou AC, Freestone M, Marsh W, Coid J ( 2015 ) . Causal inference for violence risk management and decision support in forensic psychiatry . Decision Support Systems vol. 80 , 42 - 55 .
Freestone M, Bull D, Brown R, Boast N, Blazey F, Gilluley P ( 2015 ) . Triage, decision-making and follow-up of patients referred to a UK forensic service: validation of the DUNDRUM toolkit . BMC Psychiatry vol. 15 , ( 1 )
Freestone MC, Wilson K, Jones R, Mikton C, Milsom S, Sonigra K, Taylor C, Campbell C ( 2015 ) . The Impact on Staff of Working with Personality Disordered Offenders: A Systematic Review . PLOS ONE vol. 10 , ( 8 )
Constantinou AC, Freestone M, Marsh W, Fenton NE, Coid J ( 2015 ) . Risk assessment and risk management of violent re-offending among prisoners . Expert Systems with Applications vol. 42 , ( 21 )
Coid JW, Yang M, Ullrich S, Zhang T, Sizmur S, Farrington DP, Freestone M, Rogers RD ( 2015 ) . Improving Accuracy of Risk Prediction for Violence: Does Changing the Outcome Matter? . International Journal of Forensic Mental Health vol. 14 , ( 1 ) 23 - 32 .
Coid JW, Yang M, Ullrich S, Hickey N, Kahtan N, Freestone M ( 2015 ) . Psychiatric diagnosis and differential risks of offending following discharge . International Journal of Law and Psychiatry vol. 38 , 68 - 74 .
Freestone M, Vandevelde S ( 2014 ) . Special issue on therapeutic environments in forensic settings . Therapeutic Communities The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities vol. 35 , ( 3 )
Milsom SA, Freestone M, Duller R, Bouman M, Taylor C ( 2014 ) . Factor structure of the Essen Climate Evaluation Schema measure of social climate in a UK medium-security setting . Crim Behav Ment Health vol. 24 , ( 2 ) 86 - 99 .
Wilson K, Freestone M, Taylor C, Blazey F, Hardman F ( 2014 ) . Effectiveness of modified therapeutic community treatment within a medium-secure service for personality-disordered offenders . JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY vol. 25 , ( 3 ) 243 - 261 .
Minoudis P, Craissati J, Shaw J, McMurran M, Freestone M, Chuan SJ, Leonard A ( 2013 ) . An evaluation of case formulation training and consultation with probation officers . Crim Behav Ment Health vol. 23 , ( 4 ) 252 - 262 .
Yiend J, Freestone M, Vazquez-Montes M, Holland J, Burns T, IDEA group ( 2013 ) . The clinical profile of high-risk mentally disordered offenders . Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol vol. 48 , ( 7 ) 1169 - 1176 .
Freestone M ( 2013 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 18 , ( 1 )
Freestone M, Howard R, Coid JW, Ullrich S ( 2013 ) . Adult antisocial syndrome co-morbid with borderline personality disorder is associated with severe conduct disorder, substance dependence and violent antisociality . PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH vol. 7 , ( 1 ) 11 - 21 .
Coid J, Freestone M, Ullrich S ( 2012 ) . Subtypes of psychopathy in the British household population: findings from the national household survey of psychiatric morbidity . Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol vol. 47 , ( 6 ) 879 - 891 .
Freestone M, Taylor C, Milsom S, Mikton C, Ullrich S, Phillips O, Coid J ( 2012 ) . Assessments and admissions during the first 6 years of a UK medium secure DSPD service . Crim Behav Ment Health vol. 22 , ( 2 ) 91 - 107 .
Freestone M ( 2011 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 16 , ( 4 )
Freestone M, España BS, Kelly N, Gale J ( 2010 ) . An achievable standard for in-house TC evaluation? Service, individual and group-level outcome data for CHT therapeutic communities . Therapeutic Communities vol. 31 , ( 4 ) 372 - 392 .
Freestone M ( 2010 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 15 , ( 1 ) 2 - 3 .
Kirkpatrick T, Draycott S, Freestone M, Cooper S, Twiselton K, Watson N, Evans J, Hawes V et al. ( 2010 ) . A descriptive evaluation of patients and prisoners assessed for dangerous and severe personality disorder . J FORENSIC PSYCHI PS vol. 21 , ( 2 ) 264 - 282 .
Freestone M ( 2009 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 14 , ( 1 ) 2 - 2 .
Freestone M, Goodman P ( 2009 ) . Mental health and engagement outcomes for a UK addiction TC: The ley community . Therapeutic Communities vol. 30 , ( 1 ) 57 - 70 .
Ramsay M, Saradjian J, Murphy N, Freestone M ( 2009 ) . Commentary on the article by Peter Tyrer and others about the assessment phase of the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme . J FORENSIC PSYCHI PS vol. 20 , ( 1 ) 147 - 150 .
Freestone M ( 2008 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 13 , ( 3 ) 3 - 3 .
Freestone M ( 2007 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 12 , ( 3 ) 2 - 3 .
Freestone M, Samele C, Shaw I ( 2007 ) . Editorial . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 12 , ( 2 ) 2 - 3 .
Freestone M, Evans C ( 2007 ) . Questioning the community: A guide to research for therapeutic community members: Part one: The bare bones of a research project . Therapeutic Communities vol. 28 , ( 2 ) 222 - 227 .
Freestone M ( 2007 ) . Book Review: Asylum to Action: Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond . Mental Health Review Journal vol. 12 , ( 1 ) 45 - 46 .
Freestone M, Lees J, Evans C, Manning N ( 2006 ) . Histories of trauma in client members of therapeutic communities . Therapeutic Communities vol. 27 , ( 3 ) 387 - 409 .
Lees J, Evans C, Freestone M, Manning N ( 2006 ) . Who comes into therapeutic communities? A description of the characteristics of a sequential sample of client members admitted to 17 therapeutic communities . Therapeutic Communities vol. 27 , ( 3 ) 411 - 433 .
Moore C, Freestone M ( 2006 ) . Traumas of forming: The introduction of Community Meetings in the dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) environment . Therapeutic Communities vol. 27 , ( 2 ) 193 - 209 .
Freestone M ( 2005 ) . Overview of an ethnographic study of the UK DSPD pilot units . Therapeutic Communities vol. 26 , ( 4 ) 449 - 464 .