Utility of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression – Inpatient Version (DASA-IV) in an acute adult inpatient non-forensic psychiatric setting: A feasibility study

Zi Ying Cui, Shailendhra BethiMental Health and Specialist Services, Gold Coast Health, Grace BranjerdpornMental Health and Specialist Services, Gold Coast Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, s House for Mothers, Babies and Families, Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia

Australasian Psychiatry

Published online on May 20, 2026

Abstract

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BackgroundThe Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression – Inpatient Version (DASA-IV) is a brief violence risk assessment tool to evaluate imminent risk of aggression. There have been no previous studies to investigate its utility in an acute adult non-...