Background Although structured tools have been widely used to predict violence risk in
specialist mental health settings, there is uncertainty about the extent and quality of …

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often perceived to be a female-predominant
disorder in both research and clinical contexts. Although there is growing recognition of …

Girls and women represent a minority of forensic mental health and prison populations.
However, studies worldwide suggest that there has been a steady increase in the number of …

abstract Gender differences were explored in PCL-R codings and the manifestation of
psychopathy in 197 female and 197 male patients admitted between 1984 and 2013 to one …

Most violence risk assessment tools have been validated predominantly in males. In this
multicenter study, the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management–20 (HCR-20), Historical …

Self-harm, comprising non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide attempts, is a serious and
potentially life-threatening behavior that has been associated with poor life quality and an …

The percentage of forensic psychiatric patients who are female varies from 5 to 13% in
Europe, rises to 18% in England and Wales, and sits at 15% in Canada. Similarly, many …

This study explores variables that predict physical violence in 614 (forensic) psychiatric
inpatients. All violent incidents that occurred in a Dutch forensic psychiatric hospital between …

Gender specific personality profiles in association with the level of aggressive antisocial
behavior in offenders have not been previously investigated. In the present study we …

Risk assessment is a pre‐requisite for violence prevention in mental health settings. Extant
research concerning risk assessment and nursing intervention is limited and has focused on …