TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness in Psychotic Patients: Some Risk Indicators and Pitfalls
JO  - Aggression and violent behavior
A1  - Bj¯rkly, StÂl
SP  - 167
EP  - 178
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - In the assessment of psychotic patients, clinicians are recurrently confronted with the difficult task of deciding whether or not patients are dangerous to others. Since no single predictor of dangerousness has proved to have superior predictive value, it is suggested that clinicians should rely on sets of indicators. An indicator is defined here as a variable that has been associated with increased risk of aggression in empirical studies. Most of these indicators are characterized by being of a dynamic and interactional nature rather than by being static trait measures. Based on findings from empirical studies, some sets of indicators of dangerousness in psychotic patients are presented. These are: background variables, demographic variables, psychopathological and psychodynamic indicators, analysis of observed aggressive incidents, and indicators derived from analyzing patients' apprehension of their dynamics of aggression. It is argued that clinicians should use such sets of indicators of dangerousness, rather than relying on clinical anecdotes. Finally, some pitfalls in the clinical assessment of dangerousness in psychotic patients are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Elsevier Science)  Offender Assessment Mental Illness Mental Health Patient Mentally Ill Offender Dangerousness Violence Prediction Adult Offender Adult Violence Adult Aggression Aggression Prediction Psychopathology 01-00<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1789
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -