@article{ref1,
title="When psychiatrists are liable: risk management and violent patients",
journal="Hospital and community psychiatry",
year="1983",
author="Kroll, J. and Mackenzie, T. B.",
volume="34",
number="1",
pages="29-36",
abstract="In an era of rapid discharge and community treatment, psychiatrists must assess, with insufficient information, their patients' potential for committing a violent act outside of the hospital every time they authorize a pass or a discharge. The authors review court decisions on prediction of dangerousness and research data on the risk of homicide, assault, and suicide among released mental patients. They then discuss a risk-management approach to decision-making that consists of three components--risk assessment, risk evaluation, and risk reduction. The authors also provide a decision table that clinicians can use to identify factors that suggest a high risk of violence in a patient's current status, history, and treatment response.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1597",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}