Rates of violence in patients classified as high risk by structured risk assessment instruments

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 180-187

  Singh, Jay P ^a   Fazel, Seena ^b   Gueorguieva, Ralitza ^c   Buchanan, Alec ^d  

^a Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Directorate of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA BASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORICAL CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT 20; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEVEL OF SERVICE INVENTORY REVISED; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SEX OFFENDER RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE RISK 20; SPOUSAL ASSAULT RISK ASSESSMENT; STATIC 99; STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF VIOLENCE RISK IN YOUTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84895813556     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.131938     Document Type: Review

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