Assessment of Risk of Violence in Psychiatric Emergencies
In the emergency room context, the risk assessment prevails, and in the case of psychiatric emergencies, besides the patient’s life-threatening risk, it is necessary to ensure the security and integrity of relatives, other patients, careers and locations, becoming primordial the assessment of the pa...
| Autor Principal: | Benavides-Gélvez, Rafael E.; Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
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| Otros Autores: | Escobar-Córdoba, Franklin; Fundación Sueño Vigilia Colombiana, Molina-Ojeda, Vicente Xicohténcatl; Universidad de Guadalajara |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2014
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/16319 |
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In the emergency room context, the risk assessment prevails, and in the case of psychiatric emergencies, besides the patient’s life-threatening risk, it is necessary to ensure the security and integrity of relatives, other patients, careers and locations, becoming primordial the assessment of the patient’s risk of violence. Even though the concept of risk of violence, before “dangerousness”, is most commonly used in forensic environments and judicial establishments, becomes important in the initial assessment of the psychiatric patient in the emergency room in order to define diagnosis, treatment and to reduce the social impact that brings violent behavior. The technology used in the assessment of risk of violence has greater predictive ability of future violent behavior, which achieved with dangerousness assessment. In this article are introduced the fundaments in assessment of risk of violence techniques and the instruments adapted to Spanish language for use in the daily psychiatric practice and not only the emergency one. Here are briefly described VRAG, PCL-R, HCR-20, SVR-20, SARA and SAVRY scales and their specific applications. |
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