Dangerous Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

New developments in preventive detention in Germany.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review focuses on forensic psychiatric aspects of new developments in preventive detention in Germany. RECENT FINDINGS: After a short introduction to the history of preventive detention in Germany and its enacting in ... Read more...

Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review recent literature on the assessment and management of individuals with severe personality disorders who present as a risk to others. RECENT FINDINGS: The literature shows an expansion of services for individuals with ... Read more...

Threat perception in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia.

9 Aug 2009 Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia affect many aspects of emotion processing. Even though the ability to detect threat is a particularly important aspect of emotion processing, no study to date has assessed threat perception in either of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dangerous Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New developments in preventive detention in Germany. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Threat perception in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. 9 Aug 2009
• Adolescent dispositions for antisocial behavior in context: the roles of neighborhood dangerousness and parental knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• A S.A.F.E. alternative to sitters. 30 Jul 2009
• Do immigrants work in riskier jobs? 30 Jul 2009
• Knowledge about schizophrenia and attitudes towards people with schizophrenia in Greece. 29 Jun 2009
• Reciprocal associations between drinking-and-driving behavior and cognitions in adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Romantic fantasies of madness and objections to psychotropic medication. 30 May 2009
• Changing attitudes of high school students towards peers with mental health problems. 30 May 2009
• Dangerous dogs legislation. 30 Apr 2009
• Internet filtering can hinder psychiatric assessment. 29 Apr 2009
• Stalking among juveniles. 29 Apr 2009
• ["The Appeal of 39", a movement in psychiatry] 29 Apr 2009
• Mental health crises and public policy: opportunities for change? 29 Apr 2009
• The changing role of the state psychiatric hospital. 29 Apr 2009
• College women's experiences with physically forced, alcohol- or other drug-enabled, and drug-facilitated sexual assault before and since entering college. 29 Apr 2009
• Perceptions about residence hall wingmates and alcohol-related secondhand effects among college freshmen. 29 Apr 2009
• The role of monthly spending money in college student drinking behaviors and their consequences. 29 Apr 2009
• [General psychiatry and forensic psychiatry - who cares for young people with psychotic disorders?] Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Dangerous Behavior'

Definition: Actions which have a high risk of being harmful or injurious to oneself or others.

Descriptor UI: D003617

Alternative terms: Dangerous Behavior; Behavior, Dangerous; Dangerous Behaviors; Dangerousness;

Tree Number: I01.880.735.223;

History Note: 91(78); was see under VIOLENCE 1978-90

Technical Notes: no qualif