Exploring differences in clinical judgments of dangerousness of North Carolina psychiatric inpatients : utility of the HCR-20 risk assessment scheme

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of clinician ratings of dangerousness among psychiatric inpatients by utilizing the structured HCR-20 Risk Assessment Scheme. The study is based on archival records of patients committed to a North Carolina psychiatric hospital due to being found i...

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1. VerfasserIn: Stribling, Adeirdre LaCheryl (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
In:Jahr: 2003
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