Risk Assessment in Forensic Patients with Schizophrenia: The Predictive Validity of Actuarial Scales and Symptom Severity for Offending and Violence over 8 – 10 Years

Thomson, Lindsay; Davidson, Michelle; Brett, Caroline; Steele, Jonathan; Darjee, Rajan

doi:10.1080/14999013.2008.9914413

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Risk Assessment in Forensic Patients with Schizophrenia: The Predictive Validity of Actuarial Scales and Symptom Severity for Offending and Violence over 8 – 10 Years

Published in International Journal of Forensic Mental Health • Jan 1, 2008

Authors:

Lindsay Thomson

Michelle Davidson

Caroline Brett

Abstract

Assessment of risk of violence is essential in the management of patients with schizophrenia admitted to secure hospitals. The present study was conducted to test the validity of actuarial measures and psychotic symptoms in the prediction of further violence and offending in this group. The H-10 sca...

Subject

Psychiatry

Predictive validity

Psychology

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