Risk and Recovery Forensic Conference ePosters

The 19th Annual Risk and Recovery Forensic Conference in 2026 was our first event to accept electronic poster submissions.

The following are the posters that were accepted for the conference.

Addressing the Needs of Women Offenders with Mental Illness in Ontario

Tendo Babirye and Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk
Queen’s University, Centre for Accition and Mental Health

Risk, Care and Collaboration: Forensic Assessments in the Brief Assessment Unit (BAU)

Mohajer, S., Mamak, M., Wu, A., Duboff, J, Eden, H., Goossens, I., Lee, O., Moulden, H., Sheridan, P., Tan, 0., Chaimowltz, G.A.
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Time From Referral to Discharge from High Secure Care: Challengers for Flow Through the Forensic Estate

Third, G.,1 Rees, C.,2 Gilling McIntosh, L.,2 Thomson, L.3
1 Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress
2 NHS Scotland
3 University of Edinburgh

Examining Vocational Pathways for Forensic Patients: A Scoping Review

Kimia Khoshroo, Paige Hardy, Sebastien Prat
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University

Pathways to Absolute Discharge and Desistance (PADD): Clinician Perspectives on Desistance in Forensic Psychiatry

Lauren Stirpe, Julia M. Fraser, Benjamin Presta, Gary Chaimowitz, Mini Mamak, & Heather M. Moulden
McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Evaluating the Impact of a Model of Care Transformation in a Tertiary Mental Health Hospital

Kimberly D. Belfry, PhD
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care

Forensic Psychiatry in Low-Resource Setteing: An Etheopian Example

Dagim Alemu, MD

Music-Based Programs in a Forensic Psychiatry Setting: A Needs Assessment Study

Aaron Wu,1,2 Gabrielle Lycchese-Layecchia,1 Kelly Bulley,2 Ashley Palmer,2 Gary Chaimowitz,1,2 Andrew Toyin Olagunju1-4
1 Department or Psychlauy and Behavloral Neuroscleoces, McMaster Univerlty
2 Forensic Psychiatry Program, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
3 Department or Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma
4 Disclpline or Psychiatly, The University of Adelaide

The Implementation of Virtual Reality in Forensic Psychiatric
Settings: Preliminary Findings

Gary Chaimowitz,1,2 Diana Marginean,1 Lauren Stirpe,1 Andrew Olanguju,1,2
1 St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
2 McMaster University

The Impact of COVID-19 on Hypersexuality

Heather Moulden, Drew Kingston
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University