title: Assessing the risk for violence.
abstract: In addition to taking steps to ensure their own safety, clinicians also have a role in predicting violence. In the past the clinician's ability to accurately assess the risk for violence has been seriously questioned. This chapter provides guidance for making acceptable predictions.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology