%0 Journal Article
%T Development of a measure to predict short-term violence in psychiatric populations: the Imminent Risk Rating Scale
%J Psychological services
%D 2014
%A Starzomski, Andrew
%A Wilson, Kevin
%V 12
%N 1
%P 1-8
%X 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>
%G en
%I Educational Publishing Foundation
%@ 1541-1559
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037281