Structured assessment of violence risk in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders: A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and item content of 10 available instruments

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 899-912

  Singh, Jay P ^a   Serper, Mark ^b   Reinharth, Jonathan ^b   Fazel, Seena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial; crime; forensic psychiatry; neurocognitive; psychotic disorders; review

Indexed keywords

ACTUARIAL INSTRUMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATTITUDINAL COGNITION; CLASSIFICATION OF VIOLENCE RISK; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTORICAL CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCOGNITIVE ABILITY; NEUROCOGNITIVE AWARENESS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM ASSESSMENT OF RISK AND TREATABILITY; STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF PROTECTIVE FACTORS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL JUDGMENT INSTRUMENT; STRUCTURED OUTCOME ASSESSMENT AND COMMUNITY RISK MONITORING; STRUCTURED RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE; VIOLENCE RISK SCALE; VIOLENCE RISK SCREENING;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052207554     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr093     Document Type: Review

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