Accuracy of Clinician Predictions of Future Self-Harm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Predictive Studies

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 23-40

  Woodford, Rachel ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^b   Milner, Allison ^b   McGill, Katie ^a,c   Kapur, Navneet ^d   Pirkis, Jane ^b   Mitchell, Alex ^e   Carter, Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AUTOMUTILATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFTERCARE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85049514538     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12395     Document Type: Review

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