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From Group Data to Useful Probabilities: The Relevance of Actuarial Risk Assessment in Individual Instances

Douglas Mossman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2015, 43 (1) 93-102;
Douglas Mossman
Dr. Mossman is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Program Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cincinnati, OH.
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vol. 43 no. 1 93-102
PubMed 
25770285

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 13, 2015.

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  1. Douglas Mossman, MD
  1. Dr. Mossman is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Program Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cincinnati, OH.
  1. Address correspondence to: Douglas Mossman, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 260 Stetson Street, Suite 3200, Cincinnati, OH 45219. E-mail: douglas.mossman{at}uc.edu.

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