RT Article
T1 The scale for the prediction of aggression and dangerousness in psychotic patients (PAD): a prospective pilot study
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 21
IS 3
SP 341
OP 356
A1 Bjorkly, Stal
LA English
YR 1994
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640354492
AB The Scale for the Prediction of Aggression and Dangerousness in Psychotic Patients (PAD) is a rating scale constructed for the assessment of psychotic patients in relation to 29 situations or interactions. The instrument is used to rate the potential of these situations/interactions for precipitating aggressive behavior in psychotic patients. These assessments result in a profile of situational vulnerability that describes a patient's potential for aggressive behavior in relation to the 29 situations or interactions. In this pilot study, 10 psychotic patients at a special secure unit were assessed by means of this scale. After the completion of the PAD ratings, systematic observations of episodes involving verbal, threatened, and physical aggression were made throughout a 2-year follow-up period. The results indicate that the PAD was able to predict the patients' potential for aggression and, to some extent, the situations that were the most potent precipitants of aggressive behavior
K1 Gefährlichkeitsprognose
K1 Psychisch Kranke