Numerous studies have identified various historical factors strongly associated with violent behaviour in psychiatric patients. We comment herein on some practical reasons for difficulty in obtaining the background documentation necessary for risk assessment.
TylerA.Searching for Caleb. Toronto: Random House; 1975. p 38.
2.
DouglasKSOgloffJRP. Violence by psychiatric patients: The impact of archival measurement source on violence base rates and risk assessment accuracy. Can J Psychiatry2003;48:734–40.
3.
MenziesRJWebsterCDSepejakD.The dimensions of dangerousness: Evaluating the accuracy of psychometric predictions of violence among forensic patients. Law Hum Behav1985;9:49–70.
4.
HarrisGTRiceMEQuinseyVL. Violent recidivism of mentally disordered offenders: The development of a statistical prediction instrument. Crim Justice Behav1993;20:315–35.
5.
MonahanJSteadmanHJSilverEAppelbaumPSRobbinsPCMulveyEP, and others. Rethinking risk assessment: The MacArthur study of mental disorder and violence. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 2001.
6.
BlumenthalSLavenderT.Violence and mental disorder: A critical aid to the assessment and management of risk. London (UK): Jessica Kingsley; 2001.
7.
GunnJ.Dangerousness. In: GunnJTaylorPG, editors. Forensic psychiatry: Clinical, legal and ethical issues. Oxford (UK): Butterworth-Heinemann; 1993. p 624–45.
8.
SnowdenP.Practical aspects of clinical risk assessment and management. Br J Psychiatry1997;170(suppl 32):32–4.
9.
DickeyR.Assessing inmates for risk of future violence. CPA Bulletin2000;32:168–70.
10.
WebsterCDHarrisGTRiceMECormierCQuinseyVL. The violence prediction scheme: Assessing dangerousness in high risk men. Toronto (ON): Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto; 1994.
11.
MonaghanJ.Predicting violent behaviour: An assessment of clinical techniques. Beverley Hills (CA): Sage; 1981.
