The Violence Risk Scale Second Edition (VRS-2) as a predictor of institutional violence in a British forensic inpatient sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Dolan, Mairead ^a,b   Fullam, Rachael ^a,b   Logan, Caroline ^c   Davies, Gordon ^a  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Inpatient violence; Risk prediction; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38949172781     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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