Assessment of risk and special observations in mental health practice: A comparison of forensic and non-forensic settings
Whitehead, Elizabeth Mason, Tom
Whitehead, Elizabeth
Mason, Tom
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2006-10-26
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This article discusses research into the use of special observations in both forensic and non-forensic psychiatric settings. A comparative approach was adopted to establish if the perceived risk factors leading to the adoption of special observations were similar in both settings. Three groups of nursing staff were requested to assess 30 patients who were placed on special observations. Before this, nurses were requested to rate the risk factors in terms of their severity on a 7-point Likert scale. The rank-ordering analysis revealed a similarity of identified risk factors and anova (one-way, unrelated) and the Jonckheere Trend Test revealed that there were significant differences between the scores in the forensic and the non-forensic settings.
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2006, 15(4), pp. 235-241
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Wiley
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
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10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00429.x
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1445-8330
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1447-0349
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