Application of risk assessment for violence methods to general adult psychiatry: A selective literature review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 328-335

  Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Simpson, Alexander I F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Risk management; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 19644374882     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01579.x     Document Type: Review

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