Which of the Following Factors Can Lower the Accuracy of Predictions

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors can lower the accuracy of predictions of violence?

• A)if a clinician has to predict violence in a group that rarely displays it
• B)assessing a patient in a hospital (this can be problematic for what one sees in a hospital can be different from what one would see after release)
• C)assessing for long-term risk
• D)all of the above

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