Theme | Sub-theme | FoVOx score higher than clinical judgement as the tool does not include the following protective factors | FoVOx score lower than clinical judgement as the tool does not include the following risk factors |
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Social risk factors | supervision | good family support | poor family support (no close family, anger towards family) |
social support | good social support | poor social support | |
social status | had an official job | homeless; low social status | |
Clinical risk factors | family history | – | history of mental illness in family members |
disease related | – | active and positive symptoms; poor insight; chronic disease; early onset age | |
treatment related | good response to medication; good compliance | poor response to medication; poor compliance; not receiving systematic treatment | |
diagnosis related | only had history of psychiatric diagnosis, no recurrence afterwards | high impulsivity; low self-control | |
Criminal risk factors | response to the violent crime committed | – | not feeling guilty or regretful |
previous violent history |
| history of repeated violence; frequent recent violent behavior in hospital | |
individual factors | triggers/underlying reasons for crime may have been resolved | short length of imprisonment triggers/underlying reasons for crime had not been resolved |