Commentary: Assessing the risk of violence - Are 'accurate' predictions useful?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 272-281

  Mossman, D ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033774739     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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