Created by Dr. Gary Chaimowitz and Dr. Mimi Mamak, the Aggressive Incidents Scale (AIS) and Hamilton Anatomy of Risk Management (HARM) been the topic of much research, posters and presentations.
Research
Watts, D., Mamak, M., Moulden, H., Upfold, C., de Azevedo Cardoso, T., Kapczinski, F., & Chaimowitz, G. (2023). The HARM models: Predicting longitudinal physical aggression in patients with schizophrenia at an individual level. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 161, 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.02.030
Healey, L. V., Mullally, K., Mamak, M., Chaimowitz, G. A., Ahmed, A. G., & Seto, M. C. (2020). Short-term clinical risk assessment and management: Comparing the Brockville Risk Checklist and Hamilton Anatomy of Risk Management. Behavioral Science and the Law, 38(5), 506-521. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsl.2479
Chaimowitz, G. A., Mamak, M., Moulden, H. M., Furimsky, I., & Olagunju, A. T. (2020). Implementation of risk assessment tools in psychiatric services. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, 40(1), 33-43. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jhrm.21405
Mullally, K., Mamak, M., & Chaimowitz, G. A. (2018). The next generation of risk assessment and management: Introducing the eHARM. International Journal of Risk and Recovery, 1(1), 21-25. https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijrr/article/view/3365
Chaimowitz, G. A., & Mamak, M. (2018). Aggressive Incidents Scale (AIS) and the Electronic Hamilton Anatomy of Risk Management (eHARM) Companion Guide (2nd Edition). Hamilton, Ontario: St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/companion-guide-to-the-aggressive-incidents-scale-ais-and-the-electronic-hamilton-anatomy-of-risk-management-eharm
Cook, A.N., Moulden, H., Mamak, M. Lalani, S., Messina, K., & Chaimowitz, G. (2016). Validating the Hamilton Anatomy of Risk Management–Forensic Version and the Aggressive Incidents Scale. Assessment, 25(4), 432-445. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1073191116653828
Chaimowitz, G. A., Mamak, M., & Padgett, R. (2008). Management of the mentally abnormal offender. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 8(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/brief-treatment/mhm028
Simon, R. I. (2008). Clinically-based risk management of potentially violent patients. In R. I. Simon & K. Tardiff (Eds.), Textbook of violence assessment and management (pp. 555-565). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. https://www.appi.org/Products/Trauma-Violence-and-PTSD/Textbook-of-Violence-Assessment-and-Management
Abderhalden, C., Needham, I., Dassen, T., Halfens, R., Haug, H.-J., & Fischer, J. E. (2008). Structured risk assessment and violence in acute psychiatric wards: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045534Foster, C., Bowers, L., & Nijman, H. (2007). Aggressive behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: Prevalence, severity and management. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(2), 140-149. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04169.x
Grassi, L., Biancosino, B., Marmai, L., Kotrotsiou, V., Zanchi, P., Peron, L., Marangoni, C., Vanni, A., & Barbui, C. (2006). Violence in psychiatric Units: A 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 698-703. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-006-0088-5
Glancy, G. D., & Chaimowitz, G. A. (2005). The clinical use of risk assessment. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 50(1), 12-17. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/070674370505000104
Grevatt, M., Thomas-Peter, B., & Hughes, G. (2004). Violence, mental disorder and risk assessment: Can structured clinical assessments predict the short-term risk of inpatient violence? Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 15(2), 278-292. http://dx.doi.org.10.1080/1478994032000199095.
Posters
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M.. The eHARM: The development of a nimble violence risk assessment tool. https://4b5b7387-f796-406e-b849-5a6682311611.filesusr.com/ugd/cdb547_1dc6cc0c82fd442396f1064199c6258c.pdf
Lau, J., Mamak, M., Chaimowitz, G., Moulden, H. Assessing the Reliability of the Aggressive Incidents Scale. https://4b5b7387-f796-406e-b849-5a6682311611.filesusr.com/ugd/cdb547_08c39dfea10240b19cd4298901e90c29.pdf
Mamak, M., Chaimowitz, G., Mullally, K., Bilardo, A., Moulden, H., Demetrioff, S., Waldman, J. Advancing risk assessment through analytics: preliminary findings from the eHARM-FV. https://4b5b7387-f796-406e-b849-5a6682311611.filesusr.com/ugd/156d0f_1a00dba15326478cb2a832081287636d.pdf
Presentations
Chaimowitz, G., Upfold, C., Mamak, M. (2020, February). Advancing risk assessment and risk management using analytics: The eHARM-Forensic Version. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting, Anaheim, California.
Chaimowitz, G., & Mamak, M. (2019, July). The eHARM: A state-of-the-art violence risk management tool. International Association of Forensic Mental Health, Rome, Italy.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2019, June). Advancing risk assessment and risk management using analytics: The eHARM-FV. The International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Montreal, QC.
Healey, L., Mamak, M., Chaimowitz, G., & Mullally, K. (2019, June). New developments in brief, dynamic inpatient risk assessment. The International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Montreal, QC.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2019, April). eHARM Training Certification: Preconference Workshop. 13th Annual Risk and Recovery Forensic Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Mamak, M., & Chaimowitz, G. (2018, October). HARMs Assessments. Ontario Association ACT and FACT (OAAF) Biannual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON.
Chaimowitz, G., & Mamak, M. (2018, September). The Aggressive Incidents Scale and eHARM: Novel Risk Management Process. Forensic Psychiatry: Contemporary Problems of Theory and Practice Conference, Moscow, Russia.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2017, June). The next generation of risk assessment and management: The eHARM-FV one year later. Symposium presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Split, Croatia.
Chaimowitz, G., Mullally, K., Mamak, M., Bilardo, A., Demetrioff, S., & Waldman, J. (2017, June). Advancing risk assessment through analytics: Preliminary findings from the eHARM-FV. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Split, Croatia.
Mullally, K., Messina, K, Mamak, M., Moulden, H., & Chaimowitz, G. (2017, April). Empirical Support for the HARM: Assessing Ecological, Concurrent, and Predictive Validity. Seminar presented at 11th Annual Risk and Recovery Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., Mullally, K., & Bilardo, A. (2017, April). eHARM training certification. Preconference workshop presented at 11th Annual Risk and Recovery Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2017, March). The next generation of risk assessment: The eHARM-FV one year later. Symposium presented at Canadian Association of Psychiatry and the Law, Mont Tremblant, QC.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2016, September). What’s the eHARM? Violence risk management, quality assurance bound in technology. Symposium presented at Canadian Psychiatric Association, Toronto, ON.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2016, June). eHARM training certification. Preconference workshop presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, New York, NY.
Myers, C. J., & Moulden, H. M. (June, 2016). The predictive and concurrent validity of the HARM and AIS in a sample of female forensic inpatients. Poster session presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, New York, NY.
Chaimowitz, G., Mamak, M., & Mullally, K. (2016, April). eHARM training certification. Preconference workshop presented at 10th Annual Risk and Recovery Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Mamak, M., Chaimowitz, G., Lau, J., & Moulden, H. (2012). Assessing the reliability of the Aggressive Incidents Scale. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Forensic Mental Health Services, Miami, FL.