VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE

该应用程序的目的是将用于评估暴力风险的最先进的数据分析技术整合到一个软件应用程序中，该应用程序可用于协助评估和管理严重精神障碍患者的暴力风险。这个第一阶段项目的具体目标是：将新收集的关于精神障碍与暴力之间关系的全面经验数据转化为基于树的暴力风险评估精算模型；将这些模型打包在一个用户友好的软件界面中，专门为精神病院和外部管理护理组织的临床决策者设计使用；对该软件在实际临床应用的可行性进行中试；并将可行性反馈纳入软件的修订中。总之，这些步骤提供了前沿科学知识的系统应用，以满足当前对定量风险评估工具的需求，这些工具在方法上严格且对临床决策过程敏感。此外，一个灵活的软件应用程序的商业机会，帮助临床医生做出系统的，准确的评估暴力风险看来是巨大的。拟议的商业应用：该软件设计用于精神病医院、急诊室和管理护理组织，以协助临床医生对患有严重精神疾病的人的暴力风险进行评估。商业利益-国内和国际-在这第一个暴力风险评估软件是由支持信所附证明。

The purpose of this application is to incorporate state-of-the-art data analytic technology for assessing violence risk into a software application that can be used to assist in the assessment and management of violence risk for persons with serious mental disorders. The specific aims of this Phase I project are: to transform newly collected, comprehensive empirical data on the relationship between mental disorder and violence into tree-based actuarial models for the assessment of violence risk; to package these models within a user-friendly software interface specifically designed for use by clinical decision-makers in psychiatric hospitals and external managed care organizations; to pilot-test the feasibility of this software application in actual clinical practice; and to incorporate feedback on feasibility into revisions of the software. Taken together, these steps provide for the systematic application of cutting edge scientific knowledge to meet current demands for quantitative risk assessment tools that are both methodologically rigorous and sensitive to the process of clinical decision making. Further, the commercial opportunities for a flexible software application that aids clinicians in making systematic, accurate assessments of violence risk appear substantial. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This software is designed for use in psychiatric hospitals, emergency rooms and managed care organizations to assist clinicians in making assessments for violence risk for persons with serious mental illness. Commercial interest- both national and international- in this first violence risk assessment software is evidenced by the letters of support attached.