@article{ref1,
title="Predicting assaultiveness in psychiatric inpatients: a pilot study",
journal="Hospital and community psychiatry",
year="1988",
author="Convit, A. and Jaeger, J. and Lin, S. P. and Meisner, M. and Volavka, Jan",
volume="39",
number="4",
pages="429-434",
abstract="A sample of 87 psychiatric inpatients known to have been assaultive while in the hospital was contrasted with a matched group of nonviolent patients to identify the personal risk factors that distinguished the two groups. Data were collected using a personal history interview, a neurological examination, and an electroencephalogram. The four risk factors identified--neurological abnormality, history of violent crime, history of violent suicide attempts, and deviant family environment in childhood--were used to develop a statistical model predicting which subjects in a sample of newly admitted patients would become assaultive during the first three months after admission. The predicted classification of patients was found to be significantly related to subsequent assaultive behavior.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1597",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}