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The British Journal of Psychiatry 129: 388-392 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Predicting success in the treatment of psychopaths

JB Copas and JS Whiteley

Factors from the social history of male psychopaths were examined in relation to their success or failure as measured by re-convictions of 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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