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Friday Factoids: New Insights Into Violence Related to Mental Illness

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Susan Vaught

    Past research indicates that mental illness is noted to be a modest risk factor for violence, with only 4% of violence in the United States attributed to individuals with mental illness”(Monahan et al., 2001 and Swanson, 1994, as … Continue reading →

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Article Summary: Operationalzing the Assessment and Management of Violence (Doyle & Logan, 2012)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Susan Vaught

    In their article, Doyle and Logan (2012) suggest a system, Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START), for assessing violence risk that addresses shortcomings of current methods. Studies have estimated between one in 10 and one in three … Continue reading →

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Article Summary of Risk Factors for Violence in Psychosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis of 110 Studies

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Susan Vaught

    Witt, van Dorn, and Fazel (2013) noted many inconsistencies and varying emphases in the current literature on the association of violence and psychosis. This led the researchers to perform a meta-analyses of the current literature base, essentially combining … Continue reading →

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