Violence and mental disorder: developments in risk assessment

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Preface List of Contributors 1: Toward a Rejuvenation of Risk Assessment Research John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman. 2: Anger as a Risk Factor for Violence among the Mentally Disordered Raymond W. Novaco 3: Impulsiveness and Aggression Ernest S. Barratt 4: Psychopathy as a Risk Marker for Violence: Development and Validation of a Screening Version of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist Stephen D. Hart, Robert D. Hare, Adelle E. Forth. 5: Mental Disorder, Substance Abuse, and Community Violence: An Epidemiological Approach Jeffrey W. Swanson 6: Psychotic Symptoms and the Violent/Illegal Behavior of Mental Patients Compared to Community Controls Bruce G. Link, Ann Stueve. 7: Delusions and Violence Pamela J. Taylor, Philippa Garety, Alec Buchanan, Alison Reed, Simon Wessely, Katarzyna Ray, Graham Dunn, Don Grubin. 8: Hallucinations and Violence Dale E. McNiel 9: Personality Disorders and Violence Thomas A. Widiger, Timothy J. Trull. 10: Demographic and Case History Variables in Risk Assessment Deidre Klassen, William A. O'connor. 11: Social Networks, Social Support, and Violence among Persons with Severe, Persistent Mental Illness Sue E. Estroff, Catherine Zimmer. Designing a New Generation of Risk Assessment Research Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan, Paul S. Appelbaum, Thomas Grisso, Edward P. Mulvey, Loren H. Roth, Pamela Clark Robbins, Deidre Klassen. Index