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Violence is a common phenomenon both in regular and forensic psychiatric settings, and has a profound impact on staff and other patients. Insight into the individual risk factors associated with violence in forensic psychiatric settings is rare and is therefore the subject of this research. A retrospective file study in three medium security units in Flanders was conducted to compare non-violent inpatients with inpatients who engaged in (verbal and physical) violent behavior. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine which variables contributed independently to the risk of violence. The results showed that absconding during treatment was independently associated with physical violence. A personality disorder diagnosis and general non-compliance with treatment were associated with verbal violence. Both types of violence predicted early termination of treatment. Contrary to previous research, the results from the risk assessment tools were not associated with inpatient violence. Clinical implications are discussed and include, among others, that clinicians should remain vigilant for early warning signs of non-compliance during treatment.

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Two methods of assessing life events (interview and self-administered questionnaire) were applied in a study attempting to determine the range of application of the 2 procedures. The results obtained in 55 psychiatric in-patients indicate that in a number of categories more events were detected by self-report questionnaire than by interview, while in a few categories more were reported by interview. In the discussion it is delineated that, although both methods have their own importance, the problems of differences of events reported by interview and by self-report are likely to be mainly in the use of self-report methods. It would seem that the sensitivity of both methods differs in relation to the character of the event: acute or process-related.

De psychometrische eigenschappen van de hetero-anamnestische persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst (HAP) bij ouderen in de ggz en het verpleeghuis Barendse, H.P.J.; Thissen, A.J.C.; Rossi, G.; Oei, T.I.; van Alphen, S.P.J.