Citation

Gray NS, Hill C, McGleish A, Timmons D, MacCulloch MJ, Snowden RJ. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2003; 71(3): 443-451.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Glanrhyd Hospital, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. grayns@cardiff.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12795569

Abstract

The efficacy of the Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management Scales (HCR-20; C. D. Webster, D. Eaves, K. S. Douglas, & A. Wintrup, 1995), Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS; A. T. Beck, A. Weissman, D. Lester, & L. Trexler, 1974), and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) to predict violence and self-harm in 34 institutionalized mentally disordered offenders was assessed. Both the HCR-20 and BPRS were strong predictors of violence whereas the PCL-R had moderate predictive ability. BHS was the only variable predictive of self-harm. Although risk assessment measures were successful at predicting in-patient violence, a clinical measure of mental state was at least as effective in these mentally disordered offenders.

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