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Author: John Monahan
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0195138821
Category: Medical

Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence

The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Download Rethinking Risk Assessment medical books for free.
Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this Get Rethinking Risk Assessment our bestseller medical books.

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