Vol 14, No 1 (2017)
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Published online: 2017-03-01
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Structured professional judgement of the violence risk and its potential applications in clinical practice
Psychiatr 2017;14(1):21-27.
Abstract
This article describes the problems of assessing the risks of behaviors related to violence, focused mainly on the approach known as structured professional judgment (hereinafter referred to as SPJ — structured professional judgement). The paper presents the development of the approach. Describes in detail the main assumptions of the model, which consists of violence, risk assessment, management, decision-making based on evidence and integration. Currently, two (HCR-20 v.3 and SAPROF) of the many tools based approach, SPJ has been translated into Polish with the consent of the authors, which allowed for their release. The article describes these to ols and its utility in clinical practice.
Keywords: violence risk assessmentstructured professional judgementHCR-20 V3SAPROF
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