Detecting and predicting self-harm behaviour in prisoners: A prospective psychometric analysis of three instruments

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 853-861

  Perry, Amanda E ^a   Gilbody, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Prisoners; Screening; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF HARM CONCERNS ABOUT OFFENDERS IN PRISON ENVIRONMENT TOOL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 70349251869     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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