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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 128, No. 11

Articles | May 01, 1972

Prediction of Unauthorized Absence

HAROLD ALTMAN; HUGH V. ANGLE; MARJORIE L. BROWN; IVAN W. SLETTEN

Am J Psychiatry 1972;128:1460-1463.

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Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139

Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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Abstract

A multivariate equation for predicting elopement (unauthorized absence from the hospital) was derived from 3,383 psychiatric inpatients and cross-validated with another sample, using mental status, diagnostic, and demographic data. The rate for correctly predicting elopement was 72 percent, yielding a high-risk group with a one-in-ten chance of eloping and a low-risk group with a one-in-40 chance. The authors present correlation coefficients of individual predictors of elopement and discuss these in terms of their theoretical implications.

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