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Treating violence : a guide to risk management in mental health / Tony Maden.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (x, 189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191566899
  • 0191566896
  • 1283582201
  • 9781283582209
  • 9780191769665
  • 0191769665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Treating violence.DDC classification:
  • 616.85/82 22
LOC classification:
  • RC569.5.V55 M34 2007
NLM classification:
  • 2007 C-114
  • WM 600
Other classification:
  • 44.91
Online resources:
Contents:
1 Why worry about violence risk assessment?; 2 Researching violence risk; 3 When things go wrong ... Homicide Inquiries in the United Kingdom; 4 Clinical assessment of violence risk; 5 Standardized or actuarial risk assessment; 6 Structured clinical assessment of violence risk: the thinking man's approach; 7 A new look at homicides by the mentally ill: applying structured risk assessment; 8 Conclusions: on good treatment and bad attitudes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.
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Summary: 'Treating Violence' deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Studies have established that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers. This book critically reviews risk assessment methods and summarises the evidence.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.

'Treating Violence' deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Studies have established that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers. This book critically reviews risk assessment methods and summarises the evidence.

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1 Why worry about violence risk assessment?; 2 Researching violence risk; 3 When things go wrong ... Homicide Inquiries in the United Kingdom; 4 Clinical assessment of violence risk; 5 Standardized or actuarial risk assessment; 6 Structured clinical assessment of violence risk: the thinking man's approach; 7 A new look at homicides by the mentally ill: applying structured risk assessment; 8 Conclusions: on good treatment and bad attitudes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.

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