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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Hypersexuality
Heather Moulden, Drew Kingston
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University