Stalking Behavior: Treatment Methods and Forensic Mental Health's Role

This presentation delves into the multifaceted issue of stalking behavior, exploring its treatment and the pivotal role of forensic mental health in the process. It begins by acknowledging the complexities of human psychology and how various factors can lead to changes in behavior, setting the stage for understanding stalking. The presentation defines stalking as a pattern of harassment and intrusion, which can manifest physically or digitally, and the resulting feelings of fear and threat experienced by victims. It then outlines various treatment methods, including education, psychotherapy, and cognitive therapy, emphasizing the importance of addressing the victim's emotional state through medication and therapeutic interventions. Furthermore, the presentation highlights that while stalking is a behavioral issue rather than a mental disorder, it is closely linked to mental health, and thus, forensic mental health professionals are essential in treating stalking behavior. Forensic mental health is defined as the intersection of psychiatry and law, with professionals analyzing the background of criminal behavior, including stalking, to develop effective treatment strategies. The presentation concludes by summarizing the different types of stalking and the various treatment options available, emphasizing the importance of forensic mental health assessment and intervention.

CAN STALKING BEHAVIOR BE
TREATED AND HOW DOES FORENSIC
MENTAL HEALTH PLAY ROLE IN
THAT?

INTRODUCTION
 Human psychology is very difficult to understand.
 This is because there is rapid changes in human behavior that may occur to
various factors.
 The factors may vary and also it impact on changing behavior in different
way.
 This power point will describe about treatment of stalking behavior and role
of forensic mental health in it.

MAIN BODY
 Stalking is a type of behavior in which a person regularly contacts,
harassers or spines on someone.
 It may result in developing a feeling of threat or fear among other
person.
 Stalking can be done in two ways either physically or on social
media.

WAYS TO TREAT STALKING
BEHAVIOR
 It has been found that there are several ways by which stalking
behavior can be treated. They are as follows :
 Education

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 Psychotherapy
 Cognitive therapy

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 It is required for therapist to deal with victim depression, anxiety,
fear, etc and provide some medication to them. It will help in getting
relief and improving patient functioning.

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 It is analyze that stalking is behavior not a mental disorder. But as
behavior is related to mentality so nature of symptoms experienced
in stalking behavior play a vital role in describing mental health.
 Thus, mental health play an effective role in treating stalking
behavior.

ROLE OF FORENSIC MENTAL
HEALTH
 Forensic mental health refers to those work in providing treating of
mental health issues. Hence, in stalking behavior as well they play
effective role in it.
 They focus on intersect between psychiatry and the law dealing with
it.

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 It is also stated that forensic mental health analyze the background
of criminal offending and relate it with stalking behavior.
 One basis of that, strategies are made on how to treat people.

CONT..
 Hence, in this way forensic mental health helps in treating stalking
behaviour and finding out criminal offence as well.
 When assessment is done it provide information about what are
patient needs, issues, current behaviour, etc.

CONCLUSION
 From above it is concluded that stalking behavior is type of
repetitive behavior in which a person keeps on following are
monitoring activities of other person.
 There are various types of stalking that is physical and cyber.
 Moreover, the stalking behavior can be treated with help of
psychotherapy, education, medication, etc

REFERENCES
Books and journals
 Chan, H.C. and Sheridan, L., 2020. Is this stalking? Perceptions of stalking
behavior among young male and female adults in Hong Kong and Mainland
China. Journal of interpersonal violence, 35(19-20), pp.3710-3734.
 Quinn-Evans, L. and et.al., 2019. A behavior sequence analysis of victims’
accounts of stalking behaviors. Journal of interpersonal violence,
p.0886260519831389.
 Sheridan, L., Arianayagam, J. and Chan, H.C., 2019. Perceptions and
experiences of intrusive behavior and stalking within a culture. Psychology,
Crime & Law, 25(4), pp.381-395.
 Chan, O. and Sheridan, L.L., 2020. Psycho-Criminological Approaches to
Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective. John Wiley & Sons.
 Clarke, M., and et.al., 2016. Staff experience of harassment and stalking
behavior by patients. International journal of forensic mental health, 15(3),
pp.247-255.