Forensic Psychiatry - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Validation of diagnostic measures based on latent class analysis: a step forward in response bias research.

30 May 2009 The use of criterion group validation is hindered by the difficulty of classifying individuals on latent constructs. Latent class analysis (LCA) is a method that can be used for determining the validity of scales meant to assess latent constructs ... Read more...

Are exaggerated health complaints continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis of the Health Problem Overstatement Scale.

30 May 2009 A taxometric analysis of 3 factor scales extracted from the Health Problem Overstatement (HPO) scale of the Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI; R. I. Lanyon, 1970, 1978) was performed on the data from 1,240 forensic and psychiatric patients. ... Read more...

Reliability of psychiatric evidence in serious criminal matters: fitness to stand trial and the defence of mental illness.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVE: The criminal justice system relies on the opinions of expert witness to assist in decisions about fitness to stand trial (FST) and verdicts of not guilty by reason of mental illness (NGMI). The aim of the present study was to assess the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Forensic Psychiatry - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validation of diagnostic measures based on latent class analysis: a step forward in response bias research. 30 May 2009
• Are exaggerated health complaints continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis of the Health Problem Overstatement Scale. 30 May 2009
• Reliability of psychiatric evidence in serious criminal matters: fitness to stand trial and the defence of mental illness. 29 Apr 2009
• Crime victimization of persons with severe mental illness in Taiwan. 29 Apr 2009
• The impact of regionalization on reentry service outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness. 27 Feb 2009
• To sum or not to sum: taxometric analysis with ordered categorical assessment items. 27 Feb 2009
• Interpersonal characteristics of male criminal offenders: personality, psychopathological, and behavioral correlates. 27 Feb 2009
• The accuracy of recidivism risk assessments for sexual offenders: a meta-analysis of 118 prediction studies. 27 Feb 2009
• Can violent (re)offense be predicted? Review of the role of the clinician and use of actuarial tests in light of new data. 30 Jan 2009
• Reducing domestic violence and other criminal recidivism: effectiveness of a multilevel batterers intervention program. 30 Dec 2008
• Forensic psychiatric patients among immigrants in Denmark--diagnoses and criminality. 30 Dec 2008
• Variations in rates of comorbid substance use in psychosis between mental health settings and geographical areas in the UK. A systematic review. 11 Nov 2008
• [Psychosis and crime] 8 Nov 2008
• Women who kill: a comparison of the psychosocial background of female and male perpetrators. Aug 2008
• Mental disorders of male parricidal offenders: a study of offenders in forensic psychiatric examination in Finland during 1973-2004. 24 Jul 2008
• Legal provisions and practice in the management of violent patients. a case vignette study in 16 European countries. 30 Apr 2008
• [Forensic psychiatry in Germany. Comparison of different trends of expansion in the different states of Germany] 29 Apr 2008
• [Comparison of sexual murderers in forensic psychiatric hospitals and in prison] 29 Apr 2008
• Critiquing symptom validity tests for posttraumatic stress disorder: a modification of Hartman's criteria. 11 Mar 2008
• The ward atmosphere of single-sex wards in a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Sweden. 28 Feb 2008

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Technical information about 'Forensic Psychiatry'

Definition: Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.

Descriptor UI: D005555

Alternative terms: Forensic Psychiatry; Psychiatry, Forensic; Jurisprudence, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Jurisprudence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.335; H02.403.776.655.208; I01.198.780.937.469; I01.880.604.583.310; N03.706.535.351;

Online Note: use FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY to search JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; use FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74

History Note: 69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64

Technical Notes: SPEC qualif