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Predicting Success in the Treatment of Psychopaths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. B. Copas  and
J. S. Whiteley
J. B. Copas
Affiliation:
University of Salford, Salford MS 4WT
J. S. Whiteley
Affiliation:
Henderson Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
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Summary

Factors from the social history of male psychopaths were examined in relation to their success or failure as measured by re-convictions or psychiatric hospital re-admissions 2–3 years after treatment at Henderson Hospital. From these data a weighted prediction formula was calculated and was tested out on a further cohort of patients. As a prediction instrument it was found to be reliable to a degree of significance just above the 1 per cent level. Other aspects of the subsequent career of treated patients are noted, in particular a tendency to early but often short-lived relapse and then longer standing success.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 4 , October 1976 , pp. 388 - 392
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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