Objective: In response to the large-scale involvement of people with mental disorders in the
criminal justice system, many communities have created specialized mental health courts in …

The authors evaluated the utility of 3 decision support tools for assessing acute risk of
violence in patients undergoing behavioral emergencies that warranted hospitalization. …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between command
hallucinations and violent behavior. METHODS: One hundred and three psychiatric …

Approximately 1,000 people in the United States were fatally shot by police officers during
2018, and people with mental illness were involved in approximately 25 percent of those …

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed relationships between homelessness, mental disorder,
and incarceration. METHODS: Using archival databases that included all 12,934 individuals …

Protection orders are widely used legal interventions intended to reduce the risk of future harm
by one person considered to be a threat to another. However, there has been controversy …

Objective: Evaluation of patients’ potential for violence is an important component of care in
psychiatric emergency and inpatient settings. Although situational variables are widely …

Methods Participants in the risk assessment training group consisted of 45 trainees who
attended a workshop on risk assessment on either of two occasions on which it was offered to …

OBJECTIVE: Although recent research has found similar rates of violence by female and
male patients who have serious mental disorders, it is less clear whether violence by female …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined relationships between homelessness, mental disorder,
violence, and the use of psychiatric emergency services. To the authors' knowledge, this study …