ReviewEvidence-based mental health2018
Selecting a risk assessment tool to use in practice:a 10-point guide.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Violence risk assessment instruments in forensic psychiatric populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in everyday life in forensic mental health wards - a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Patterns of risk-Using machine learning and structural neuroimaging to identify pedophilic offenders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Using the stress-vulnerability model to better understand suicide in prison populations.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2023Article
- Validation and recalibration of OxMIV in predicting violent behaviour in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Instruments to identify risk factors associated with adverse childhood experiences for vulnerable children in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Risk of Suicide and Violence in Severe Mental Illness: A Feasibility Study of Two Risk Assessment Tools (OxMIS and OxMIV) in General Psychiatric Settings.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Prediction models for child and adolescent mental health: A systematic review of methodology and reporting in recent research.JCPP advances · 2021Review
- Predicting self-harm in prisoners: Risk factors and a prognostic model in a cohort of 542 prison entrants.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2020Article
- Identifying Predictors of Suicide in Severe Mental Illness: A Feasibility Study of a Clinical Prediction Rule (Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide Tool or OxMIS).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Predicting Treatment Failure for Initiators of Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in the era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- How accurate are suicide risk prediction models? Asking the right questions for clinical practice.Evidence-based mental health · 2019Review
- Prediction of violent reoffending in prisoners and individuals on probation: a Dutch validation study (OxRec).Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Implementing and Evaluating Risk Assessment as a New Learning Tool in Family Adoption Program: A Qualitative Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
- The predictive performance of criminal risk assessment tools used at sentencing: Systematic review of validation studies.Journal of criminal justiceReview
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Abstract
With the increase in the number of risk assessment tools and clinical algorithms in many areas of science and medicine, this Perspective article provides an overview of research findings that can assist in informing the choice of an instrument for practical use. We take the example of violence risk assessment tools in criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, where there are more than 200 such instruments and their use is typically mandated. We outline 10 key questions that researchers, clinicians and other professionals should ask when deciding what tool to use, which are also relevant for public policy and commissioners of services. These questions are based on two elements: research underpinning the external validation, and derivation or development of a particular instrument. We also recommend some guidelines for reporting drawn from consensus guidelines for research in prognostic models.
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