A clinical and risk profile of forensic psychiatric patients: Treatment team STARTs in a Canadian service

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-199

  Nicholls, Tonia L ^a,b,c   Petersen, Karen L ^a,b   Brink, Johann ^a,b,c   Webster, Christopher ^a,c,d  

^a BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic factors; Forensic; Patients; Protective factors; Risk; Risk assessment; START; Structured professional judgment; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864753590     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2011.600234     Document Type: Article

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