Although it is widely believed that risk assessment tools lead to more accurate estimates of
risk of violence and offending than unstructured clinical judgments, the nature and quality of …

This textbook on assessment and outcome measurement is written for both occupational
therapy and physiotherapy students and qualified therapists. It begins by defining what is …

A large number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been conducted in the field
of forensic risk assessment, and their conclusions have occasionally been conflicting. To …

One of the most commonly replicated results in the research area of recidivism risk
assessment is the superiority of structured and standardized prediction methods in …

Introduction Violence is pervasive among psychiatric inpatients and has profound
consequences for its victims, its perpetrators and mental health services. Currently, the …

Women with enduring mental illness are little considered in research and there is a dearth of
occupational therapy literature concerning mental illness, although a third of therapists work …

Background This Clinical Practice Guideline for violence risk assessment at triage was
funded by the Mona Menzies Post Doctoral Grant, Nurses Board of Victoria 2007. The …