Profiles of aggression among psychiatric patients: I. Covariates and predictors

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 547-557

  Kay, Stanley R ^a,b   Wolkenfeld, Fred ^a,b   Murrill, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bronx Psychiatric Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANGER; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0023740229     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198809000-00008     Document Type: Article

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