Assessing Protective Factors for Violence Risk in UK General Mental Health Services Using the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors

Haines, Alina ORCID: 0000-0001-6989-0943, Brown, Andrew, Javaid, Syed Fahad, Khan, Fayyaz, Noblett, Steve, Omodunbi, Oladipupo, Sadiq, Khurram, Zaman, Wahid and Whittington, Richard (2018) Assessing Protective Factors for Violence Risk in UK General Mental Health Services Using the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY, 62 (12). pp. 3965-3983.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x17749449

Abstract

Violence risk assessment and management are key tasks in mental health services and should be guided by validated instruments covering both risk and protective factors. This article is part of an international effort to validate the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors (SAPROF) for violence. The SAPROF, Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 (HCR-20) and the Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version (PCL-SV) were administered in a sample of 261 patients in U.K. forensic, general inpatient, and community mental health settings. There was significant variation between these groups on SAPROF scores with fewer protective factors in the forensic group. The prospective validity of the SAPROF for nonviolence in the general inpatient and community samples was moderate (area under the curve [AUC] = .60). Adoption of the SAPROF or similar instruments as a supplement to risk-focused assessments has the potential to improve awareness of protective factors and enhance therapeutic engagement in a range of mental health services.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	risk assessment, protective factors, risk violence, structured professional judgment, mental health services
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2018 11:37
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:46
DOI:	10.1177/0306624X17749449
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015265