Aggression among Psychiatric Inpatients in Greece

Psychopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-180

  Oulis, P ^a   Lykouras, L ^a   Dascalopoulou, E ^a   Psarros, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GREECE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029884749     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284988     Document Type: Article

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