Violence and Social Structure on Mental Hospital Wards

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 262-277

  Katz, Pearl ^a   Kirkland, Faris R ^b  

^a Wrair ^*  (United States)

^b The Science Center Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0025050714     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1990.11024508     Document Type: Article

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