The relationship between risk and insight in a high-security forensic setting

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 510-517

  Woods, P ^a,e   Reed, V ^b   Collins, M ^c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e Kneesworth House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural status index; High security mental healthcare; Insight; Social risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141889666     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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