Accuracy and confidence in clinical assessment of psychiatric inpatients risk of violence

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^a   Garelik Wyler, Rachel ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033020478     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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