The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study revisited: Two views ten years after its initial publication

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Stanley, Jonathan ^a   Monahan, John ^b   Shannon, John S ^b   Steadman, Henry J ^c   Appelbaum, Paul S ^d   Grisso, Thomas ^d   Mulvey, Edward P ^d   Robbins, Pamela Clark ^d   Roth, Loren H ^d   Silver, Eric ^d  

^a Treatment Advocacy Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85047685587     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.2.147     Document Type: Review

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