Web-based violence risk monitoring tool in psychoses: Pilot study in community forensic patients

Gautam Gulati, Robert Cornish, Hasanen Al-Taiar, Christopher Miller, Vivek Khosla, Christopher Hinds, Jonathan Price, John Geddes, Seena Fazel

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Abstract

We describe the development and pilot testing of a novel, web-based, violence risk monitoring instrument for use in community patients with psychoses. We describe the development of the tool, including drawing on systematic reviews of the field, how item content was operationalized, the development of a user interface, and its subsequent piloting. Sixty eight patients were included from three English counties, who had been discharged from forensic psychiatric services. Over 12 months, 310 questionnaires were completed on the sample by professionals from several disciplines and qualitative feedback collected relating to the use of the tool using an electronic survey. Strengths of this approach for risk assessment, and potential limitations and areas for future research, are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-59
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Psychoses
  • Risk assessment
  • Schizophrenia
  • Technology
  • Violence

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