When a Potentially Violent Patient Is Being Released from the Hospital

question 57

Multiple Choice

When a potentially violent patient is being released from the hospital, what is considered the best predictor of future violence?

• A) quality of behavioral control in the hospital community
• B) quality of behavioral control when the patient lived in the general community
• C) quality and quantity of the patient's individual psychotherapy while hospitalized
• D) quality and quantity of the patient's group psychotherapy while hospitalized

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