Title Rethinking risk assessment : the MacArthur study of mental disorder and violence / by John Monahan [and others]

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Violence risk assessment: the law and the science -- 2. Violence among patients in the community -- 3. Testing "criminological" risk factors -- 4. Testing "clinical" risk factors -- 5. Customizing risk assessment -- 6. Combining customized risk assessments to produce the best estimate of risk -- 7. Violence and the clinician: assessing and managing risk -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Index Summary Rethinking Risk Assessment' tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index Notes Print version record Subject MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study. SUBJECT MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study fast Subject Dangerously mentally ill -- United States Violence -- United States Risk assessment -- United States Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States Mental Disorders -- diagnosis Violence -- psychology Mental Disorders -- psychology Risk Assessment -- methods Risk Factors MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General. PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. MEDICAL -- Mental Health. Dangerously mentally ill Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention Risk assessment Violence Psychisch gestoorden. Geweld. Risicoanalyse. United States Form Electronic book Author Monahan, John, 1946- MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study. ISBN 9780198031741 0198031742 1280834757 9781280834752

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