2022
Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement
Chaffkin J, Barnes TA, Avila Quintero VJ, Flores JM, Lin E, Wasser T. Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement. Psychiatric Services 2022, 73: 768-773. PMID: 35172591, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitPsychiatric unitChronic mental illnessDegree of injuryClinical factorsRegression modelsCertain patientsCriminal justice involvementPsychotic symptomsAssaultive patientsPatient assaultsPatient encountersMental illnessPatientsHospital systemLarger quantitative studyPredictive variablesStaff reportsJustice involvementDescriptive statisticsStaffStaff decisionsMedicationsAdmissionInjury
2017
First-Episode Psychosis and the Criminal Justice System: Using a Sequential Intercept Framework to Highlight Risks and Opportunities
Wasser T, Pollard J, Fisk D, Srihari V. First-Episode Psychosis and the Criminal Justice System: Using a Sequential Intercept Framework to Highlight Risks and Opportunities. Psychiatric Services 2017, 68: 994-996. PMID: 28859587, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice systemJustice systemSubsequent criminal justice involvementSequential Intercept ModelCriminal justice involvementCriminal justiceLegal outcomesDiversionary programsCaseload burdenHighlight risksJustice involvementClinical sphereIntercept modelFirst-episode psychosisMental health servicesJusticeEpisode psychosisHealth servicesRisk of aggressionSpherePsychosisRiskOpportunitiesFrameworkPatients