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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Violence risk assessment"”.
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Development and Implementation of a Violence Risk Assessment Tool
… within the healthcare setting. Workplace violence is a serious problem that affects all healthcare professionals. Although serious assaults and homicides attract more media attention, the majority of workplace violence consists of non-fatal assaults. Nurses, aides, and patient care …
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Implementation of Violence Risk Assessment Tool on In-patient Psychiatric Unit
<p>Violence towards healthcare workers in acute care settings, particularly mental health units is increasing nationwide, causing safety and financial concerns for health care organizations. Efforts were made to decrease assaults directed towards healthcare staff on a twenty five bed adult mental …
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The assessment and management of violence in forensic populations
… management of individuals with a perceived high risk of future violence is of great priority for mental health professionals and the criminal justice system. The overall aim of this thesis is to examine the validity of the assessment and treatment of violence in forensic populations with a …
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Anger: Its Role and Relation to Aggression and Coercive Containment in Secure Adult Mental Health Services
… in significant costs. Anger is an important risk factor, but research into the role of its constituents is limited. The role of nursing staff's anger in their reactions to aggressive patients is poorly understood. AIMS: This thesis examined the role of anger and its components in patient …
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A meta-analysis of the prediction of violence among adults with mental disorders
<p>The study of the risk for violence among persons with mental disorders has received substantial scientific attention over the past few decades; however, many uncertainties and controversies remain due to the wide disparities in the reported results. Using the state-of-the-art perspective of …
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Communicating violence risk: judicial decision making in involuntary civil commitments
… in the 1990s, researchers in the field of violence risk assessment recognized that even the most accurate and valid risk assessment could not assist fact-finders if violence risk was not communicated in a clear, precise, and complete manner (Monahan & Steadman, 1996; Schopp, 1996). Due to …
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The validity and reliability of the violence risk scale-youth version (VRS-YV)
… and psychometric properties of a newly developed violence risk assessment and treatment planning measure for youth – the Violence Risk Scale-Youth Version (VRS-YV; Lewis, Wong, & Gordon, 2004). Composed of 4 static and 19 dynamic items, the VRS-YV is designed to assess violence risk, identify …