Violence and mental disorder : developments in risk assessment /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Description:	x, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development
Subject:	Violence -- Forecasting Dangerously mentally ill Violence -- Psychological aspects. Mentally ill offenders. Violence -- Forecasting. Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 5 has original dustjacket; copy 6 is a paperback.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1549328

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Other authors / contributors:	Monahan, John, 1946- Steadman, Henry J.
ISBN:	0226534057 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Contributors
1. Toward a Rejuvenation of Risk Assessment Research
2. Anger as a Risk Factor for Violence among the Mentally Disordered
3. Impulsiveness and Aggression
4. Psychopathy as a Risk Marker for Violence: Development and Validation of a Screening Version of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist
5. Mental Disorder, Substance Abuse, and Community Violence: An Epidemiological Approach
6. Psychotic Symptoms and the Violent/Illegal Behavior of Mental Patients Compared to Community Controls
7. Delusions and Violence
8. Hallucinations and Violence
9. Personality Disorders and Violence
10. Demographic and Case History Variables in Risk Assessment Deidre Klassen
11. Social Networks, Social Support, and Violence among Persons with Severe, Persistent Mental Illness
Index

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