A novel approach to determining violence risk in schizophrenia: developing a stepped strategy in 13,806 discharged patients.

Clinical guidelines recommend that violence risk be assessed in schizophrenia. Current approaches are resource-intensive as they employ detailed clinical assessments of dangerousness for most patients. An alternative approach would be to first screen out patients at very low risk of future violence...

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Main Authors: Jay P Singh, Martin Grann, Paul Lichtenstein, Niklas Långström, Seena Fazel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22359622/pdf/?tool=EBI