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Violence and mental disorder: a critical aid to the assessment and management of risk
- Authors:
- BLUMENTHAL Steven, LAVENDER Tony
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The authors of this book have carried out a literature review on violence and mental disorder to be utilised by clinicians, researchers and policy makers working in this area. It is intended as a reference book for mental health professionals, whose day to day work involves assessing and managing those thought to at risk of engaging in violence. The book intends to take the debate about violence into new territory by increasing the reader’s understanding of the wide range of factors associated with the commission of violence. It is also intended as an up to date academic review of the literature, detailing research and commentary to assist academic researchers.