Examining Systemic and Interpersonal Bias in Violence Risk Assessments of Patients in Acute Psychiatric Care
Systemic factors, such as admission by police and housing status, and having severe mental illness were the primary drivers of observed inequities in risk assessments of patients from racial-ethnic minority groups. Addressing these systemic factors might be key to improving acute psychiatric care.
Authors
- Laura Sikstrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9359-9574)
- Juveria Zaheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-8078)
- Marta M. Maslej (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-5095)
- Susan J. Bondy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-4159)
- Christoffer Dharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-5755)
- Peter S. Muirhead
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- 3M (United States) (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240108
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.66