Reliability of the Brazilian version of HCR-20 assessing risk for violence

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-256

  Telles, Lisieux Elaine De Borba ^a,b,d   Day, Vivian Peres ^a   Folino, Jorge Oscar ^b   Taborda, José Geraldo Vernet ^c  

^a Dr Maurício Cardoso Forensic Psychiatric Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Forensic psychiatry; Reproducibility of results; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

BRAZIL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70349847202     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009005000001     Document Type: Article

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