The dynamic appraisal of situational aggression: An instrument to assess risk for imminent aggression in psychiatric inpatients

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 799-813

  Ogloff, James R P ^a   Daffern, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846561184     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.741     Document Type: Article

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