@article{ref1,
title="Development of a measure to predict short-term violence in psychiatric populations: the Imminent Risk Rating Scale",
journal="Psychological services",
year="2014",
author="Starzomski, Andrew and Wilson, Kevin",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="1-8",
abstract="The prediction of near-term violence among psychiatric inpatients has become an important goal in recent years. The Imminent Risk Rating Scale (IRRS) is a screening tool that has been designed to enhance clinicians' knowledge of their patients' risk of violence in the hours and days following evaluation. Drawing on the imminent-violence literature, the instrument includes 7 items touching on personal, interpersonal, and environmental variables that are uniquely predictive of short-term violence. The present study reports on the findings of a small-scale test of the effectiveness and psychometric properties of the IRRS among a sample of psychiatric inpatients (N = 121) undergoing pretrial forensic psychiatric evaluations. The measure has desirable interrater reliability, demonstrates robust improvement over chance in identifying which patients will engage in violence over a subsequent 2-week period, and is especially effective in identifying individuals who are not violent during that time period. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-1559",
doi="10.1037/a0037281",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037281"
}