Convit A, Jaeger J, Lin S P, Meisner M, Volavka J
Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1988 Apr;39(4):429-34. doi: 10.1176/ps.39.4.429.
A sample of 87 psychiatric inpatients known to have been assaultive while in the hospital was contrasted with a matched group of nonviolent patients to identify the personal risk factors that distinguished the two groups. Data were collected using a personal history interview, a neurological examination, and an electroencephalogram. The four risk factors identified--neurological abnormality, history of violent crime, history of violent suicide attempts, and deviant family environment in childhood--were used to develop a statistical model predicting which subjects in a sample of newly admitted patients would become assaultive during the first three months after admission. The predicted classification of patients was found to be significantly related to subsequent assaultive behavior.
