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dc.contributor.authorRobinson, David K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-29T13:17:16Z
dc.date.available2017-09-29T13:17:16Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationHenderson, S. & Robinson, D. K. (1997). Developing a behavioral status index to assess patient dangerousness. Mental Health Care, 1 (4), pp.130-132.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/11475
dc.description.abstractRisk assessment is fundamental to forensic mental health care and, with the shift to community-focused treatment, to the rehabilitation and maintenance of all vulnerable and high-risk patients. STUART HENDERSON and DAVID ROBINSON describe a current project at Rampton Hospital to develop a systematic instrument for continuous assessment of patient dangerousness. This behavioural status index should not only improve care planning in the high security hospital, but also be of benefit to the treatment and continuing care of all vulnerable patients, through hospital admission and into the community setting.
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dc.subjectRisk assessment
dc.subjectBehaviour
dc.subjectHigh security facilities
dc.subjectSurveys and questionnaires
dc.titleDeveloping a behavioral status index to assess patient dangerousness
dc.typeArticle
html.description.abstractRisk assessment is fundamental to forensic mental health care and, with the shift to community-focused treatment, to the rehabilitation and maintenance of all vulnerable and high-risk patients. STUART HENDERSON and DAVID ROBINSON describe a current project at Rampton Hospital to develop a systematic instrument for continuous assessment of patient dangerousness. This behavioural status index should not only improve care planning in the high security hospital, but also be of benefit to the treatment and continuing care of all vulnerable patients, through hospital admission and into the community setting.


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