Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence
by John Monahan (Editor), Henry J. Steadman, Eric Silver, paul Appelbaum
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Tells the story of a pioneering investigation challenging preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. Demonstrates how clinicians can use a decision tree to identify groups of patients at low and high risk for violence. DNLM: Mental Disorders--diagnosis.