The first step in the validation of a new screen for violence risk in acute psychiatry: The inpatient context

European Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Hartvig, P ^a   Roaldset, J O ^b   Moger, T A ^c   Ostberg B ^a   Bjorkly S ^a,d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute general psychiatry; Violence risk screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951577932     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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