Stephanie A Rolin, Natalie Bareis, Jean-Marie Bradford, Merrill Rotter, Barry Rosenfeld, Luca Pauselli, Michael T Compton, T Scott Stroup, Paul S Appelbaum, Lisa B Dixon
AIM: Although the absolute risk of violence is small for individuals with mental illnesses, a specific subgroup of individuals who appear to be at increased risk for violence includes young people experiencing emerging or early psychosis. Prior research has identified risk factors for violence in this population, though no prior studies using a formal risk assessment tool have been identified. This study used the Historical Clinical Risk Management-20, version 3 (HCR-20) to identify risk of future violence among a sample of young adults with early psychosis and relevant predictors of risk unique to this population...
May 2021: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry