Clinical Predictors of Self-Mutilation in Hospitalized Forensic Patients
HILLBRAND M, KRYSTAL J, SHARPE K, FOSTER H. Clinical Predictors of Self-Mutilation in Hospitalized Forensic Patients. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1994, 182: 9-16. PMID: 8277305, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199401000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-mutilating patientsForensic patientsOvert Aggression ScaleProbability of recurrenceHistory of suicideMale forensic patientsInpatient courseClinical predictorsMale forensic inpatientsClinical correlatesSame hospitalHigh riskPatientsHigh dosesNeurological characteristicsPersonality disorderSelf-MutilationMaximum security hospitalMental retardationRecurrenceForensic inpatientsHospitalAggressive behaviorHistory of violenceInsanity acquittees