Brief checklists for assessing violence risk among patients discharged from acute psychiatric facilities: A preliminary study

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-248

  Hartvig, Pål ^a   Alfarnes, Svein A ^a   Skjønberg, Mona ^a   Moger, Tron A ^b   Østberg, Bjøorn ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Directorate for Labour and Welfare   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatry; Brief checklist; Violence prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744823838     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480600780532     Document Type: Article

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