Clinical decisions in psychiatry should not be based on risk assessment

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-403

  Ryan, Christopher ^a   Nielssen, Olav ^b   Paton, Michael ^c   Large, Matthew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

mental illness; risk assessment; suicide; violence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

DECISION MAKING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HARM REDUCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957229981     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.507816     Document Type: Review

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