Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 296-303 , July 2005

A comparison of statistical models in predicting violence in psychotic illness

  • Stuart Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Forensic Mental Health Science, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7848 0711; fax: +44 20 7848 0754.
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  • Morven Leese

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Elizabeth Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Paul McCrone

      Affiliations

    • Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Paul Moran

      Affiliations

    • Section of Primary Care, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • Tom Burns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
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  • Francis Creed

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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  • Peter Tyrer

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, St Charles Hospital, London W10 6DZ, UK
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  • Thomas Fahy

      Affiliations

    • Section of Forensic Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK

Received 12 March 2004 ,Revised 8 October 2004

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00156-7

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 296-303 , July 2005

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