The Accuracy of Predictions of Violence to Others

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1007-1011

  Lidz, Charles W ^a   Mulvey, Edward P ^a   Gardner, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RACIAL STOCKS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0027453065     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500080055032     Document Type: Article

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