Citation

Cook AN, Moulden HM, Mamak M, Lalani S, Messina K, Chaimowitz G. Assessment 2018; 25(4): 432-445.

Affiliation

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1073191116653828

PMID

27422806

Abstract

The Hamilton Anatomy of Risk Management-Forensic Version (HARM-FV) is a structured professional judgement tool of violence risk developed for use in forensic inpatient psychiatric settings. The HARM-FV is used with the Aggressive Incidents Scale (AIS), which provides a standardized method of recording aggressive incidents. We report the findings of the concurrent validity of the HARM-FV and the AIS with widely used measures of violence risk and aggressive acts, the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20, Version 3 (HCR-20(V3)) and a modified version of the Overt Aggression Scale. We also present findings on the predictive validity of the HARM-FV in the short term (1-month follow-up periods) for varying severities of aggressive acts. The results indicated strong support for the concurrent validity of the HARM-FV and AIS and promising support for the predictive accuracy of the tool for inpatient aggression. This article provides support for the continued clinical use of the HARM-FV within an inpatient forensic setting and highlights areas for further research.

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