Violence risk assessment in persons with mental illness |
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Authors: | Charles L Scott Phillip J Resnick |
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Institution: | aDivision of Psychiatry and the Law, 2230 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, University of California, Davis, United States;bDivision of Forensic Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, United States |
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Abstract: | Mental health clinicians are often asked to determine an individual's risk of future violence. Dangerous assessments are required in a wide variety of situations that include involuntary commitments, emergency psychiatric evaluations, seclusion and restraint release decisions, inpatient care discharges, probation/parole decisions, death penalty evaluations, domestic violence interventions, fitness for duty evaluations, and after a threat is made. This article provides an overview regarding the assessment of dangerousness in both adults and juveniles and a summary of recent research regarding the relationship of mental illness to violence. |
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Keywords: | Violence Aggressive behavior Mental illness Psychopathy Dangerousness Juvenile delinquency Prediction |
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