Assessing Risk and Prioritizing Referral for Self-Harm: When and Why is my Judgement Different from Yours?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-410

  Cahill, Shanna ^a   Rakow, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical Judgement Analysis; Practice Guidelines; Risk Assessment; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOMUTILATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CUES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866320895     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.754     Document Type: Article

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