Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care.
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Swanson, JW
Published in: Psychiatr Serv
February 2008
Using clinical judgment alone, mental health professionals cannot predict individual patient violence much more accurately than chance. Clinicians could improve their prediction of violence if they routinely used structured risk assessment instruments, but they don't; the use of such tools for screening is not currently the standard of care in the United States and is not commonly reimbursed by insurance. The author argues, however, that clinicians actually can predict and prevent violence if they consider their patients as a group from the perspective of public-health epidemiology. Optimizing treatment for all patients will help prevent violence by the few who pose a risk of violence, even when such patients are not identified in advance.
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Psychiatr Serv
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1075-2730
Publication Date
February 2008
Volume
59
Issue
2
Start / End Page
191 / 193
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Violence
- United States
- Risk Factors
- Risk Assessment
- Public Health
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services
- Mental Disorders
- Mass Screening
- Humans
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Swanson, J. W. (2008). Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care. Psychiatr Serv, 59(2), 191–193. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2008.59.2.191
Swanson, Jeffrey W. “Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care.” Psychiatr Serv 59, no. 2 (February 2008): 191–93. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2008.59.2.191.
Swanson JW. Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Feb;59(2):191–3.
Swanson, Jeffrey W. “Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care.” Psychiatr Serv, vol. 59, no. 2, Feb. 2008, pp. 191–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ps.2008.59.2.191.
Swanson JW. Preventing the unpredicted: managing violence risk in mental health care. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Feb;59(2):191–193.
Published In
Psychiatr Serv
DOI
ISSN
1075-2730
Publication Date
February 2008
Volume
59
Issue
2
Start / End Page
191 / 193
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Violence
- United States
- Risk Factors
- Risk Assessment
- Public Health
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services
- Mental Disorders
- Mass Screening
- Humans