Aggressive and violent behavior in a population of psychiatric inpatients

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 428-434

  Raja, M ^a   Azzoni, A ^a   Lubich, L ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030725830     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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