Twelve assaultive psychiatric patients who had provided visible cues
(i.e., verbal threats) of potential violence were compared on Brief
Psychiatric Rating Scale factor scores with 13 patients who had not
provided such cues. These groups differed from one another and from a group
of 253 nonassaultive patients on one or more of the following dimensions:
thinking disorder, withdrawal-retardation, anxious depression,
hostile-suspiciousness, and activation. In addition, the factor scores
significantly predicted the occurrence of violence among patients who did
not exhibit visible cues.Abstract Teaser