Psychiatric Symptoms and Community Violence among High-Risk Patients: A Test of the Relationship at the Weekly Level

Autor/inn/en	Skeem, Jennifer L.; Schubert, Carol; Odgers, Candice; Mulvey, Edward P.; Gardner, William; Lidz, Charles
Titel	Psychiatric Symptoms and Community Violence among High-Risk Patients: A Test of the Relationship at the Weekly Level
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74 (2006) 5, S.967-979 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Clinical Psychology; Violence; At Risk Persons; Patients; Psychological Patterns; Identification; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Psychiatry; Evaluation Methods; Predictor Variables; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Klinische Psychologie; Gewalt; Risikogruppe; Patient; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Messdaten; Korrelation; Psychiatrie; Prädiktor
Abstract	Given the availability of violence risk assessment tools, clinicians are now better able to identify high-risk patients. Once these patients have been identified, clinicians must monitor risk state and intervene when necessary to prevent harm. Clinical practice is dominated by the assumption that increases in psychiatric symptoms elevate risk of imminent violence. This intensive study of patients (N = 132) at high risk for community violence is the first to evaluate prospectively the temporal relation between symptoms and violence. Symptoms were assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory and threat/control override (TCO) scales. Results indicate that a high-risk patient with increased anger in 1 week is significantly more likely to be involved in serious violence in the following week. This was not true of other symptom constellations (anxiety, depression, TCO) or general psychological distress. The authors found no evidence that increases in the latter symptoms during 1 week provide an independent foundation for expecting violence during the following week. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10