Treating Violence

A Guide to Risk Management in Mental Health

Anthony Maden

Presents a readable review of research on violence and mental health, giving clinicians a better understanding of why violence risk management is important

Provides a review of standardised methods of risk assessment, allowing the reader to get beyond the hype and see what is useful in everyday practice

Discusses the ethics and attitudes surrounding risk, encouraging people to re-think their approach to violence in mental illness

Treating Violence

A Guide to Risk Management in Mental Health

Anthony Maden

Description

Treating Violence deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Studies have established that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers. This book critically reviews risk assessment methods and summaries the evidence. It should be read by anybody working in front line mental health services or criminal justice.

Treating Violence

A Guide to Risk Management in Mental Health

Anthony Maden

Author Information

Trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry in London before becoming professor of forensic psychiatry at Imperial College in 2000. Clinical director of services for dangerous and severe personality disorder at Broadmoor Hospital. An examiner for Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Teaches widely on risk management and service development. Gave expert evidence to several homicide inquiries including the Mubarak Inquiry and to the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee on the new Mental Health Bill.

Treating Violence

A Guide to Risk Management in Mental Health

Anthony Maden

Reviews and Awards

"The author of this work presents a cogent, well reasoned, and thought-provoking exploration of the current state of risk assessment and argues for a change in the procedure to increase the accuracy of a clinician's opinion, as well as improve the safety of others and the individual in question. The chapters reviewing the literature for the various methods of risk assessment currently used are especially interesting, and can definitely generate significant discussion and debate about the most effective way to assess the mentally ill for their potential to commit violent acts."--Doody's