The utility of patients' self-perceptions of violence risk: Consider asking the person who may know best

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 410-415

  Skeem, Jennifer L ^a   Manchak, Sarah M ^b   Lidz, Charles W ^c   Mulvey, Edward P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883074057     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.001312012     Document Type: Article

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