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Table 5 Assessments of patients’ dangerousness towards themselves and others

From: Justifications for coercive care in child and adolescent psychiatry, a content analysis of medical documentation in Sweden

 

Mortal danger to others

Risk of harm to others

Not dangerous to othersa

SUM

Risk of suicide

7

31

79

117

Risk of self-harm

4

17

10

31

Not dangerous to themselvesa

1

6

 

7

SUM

12

54

89

155

  1. a = absence of documentation about assessments of patients’ dangerousness