A Clinical Feasibility Study of the Forensic Psychiatry and Violence Oxford (FoVOx) Tool.

ABSTRACT: Background: Risk assessment informs decisions around admission to and discharge from secure psychiatric hospital and contributes to treatment and supervision. There are advantages to using brief, scalable, free online tools with similar accuracy to instruments currently used. We undertook a study of one such risk assessment, the Forensic Psychiatry and Violence Oxford (FoVOx) tool, examining its acceptability, feasibility, and practicality. Methods: We completed the FoVOx tool on all discharges from six secure psychiatric hospitals in one region in England over two years. We interviewed 11 senior forensic psychiatrists regarding each discharge using a standardized questionnaire. Their patient's FoVOx score was compared to clinical risk assessment, and the senior clinicians we

SUBMITTER: Cornish R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6928566 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature