Citation

Rolin SA, Scodes J, Dambreville R, Nossel IR, Bello I, Wall MM, Scott Stroup T, Dixon LB, Appelbaum PS. Community Ment. Health J. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-021-00922-6

PMID

34981276

PMCID

PMC8723812

Abstract

This pilot study examined violence risk assessment among a sample of young adults receiving treatment for early psychosis. In this study, thirty participants were assessed for violence risk at baseline. Participants completed follow-up assessments at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months to ascertain prevalence of violent behavior. Individuals were on average 24.1 years old (SD = 3.3 years) and predominantly male (n = 24, 80%). In this sample, six people (20%) reported engaging in violence during the study period. Individuals who engaged in violence had higher levels of negative urgency (t(28) = 2.21, p = 0.035) This study sought to establish the feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of violence risk assessment for clients in treatment for early psychosis. Overall, this study found that most individuals with early psychosis in this study (who are in treatment) were not at risk of violence.

FINDINGS suggest that violent behavior among young adults with early psychosis is associated with increased negative urgency.

Language: en

Keywords

Violence; Schizophrenia; Early intervention; First-episode psychosis; Violence risk assessment