Violence by Psychiatric Patients: The Impact of Archival Measurement Source on Violence Base Rates and Risk Assessment Accuracy

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 734-740

  Douglas, Kevin S ^a,b   Ogloff, James R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil commitment; HCR 20; Measurement; Methodology; PCL:SV; Psychiatric patients; Psychopathy; Risk assessment; Violence; Violence prediction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1042291290     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304801105     Document Type: Article

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