Mangageable violence in a new ward for acutely admitted patients

European Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 311-315

  Omerov M ^a   Wistedt, B ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inpatient treatment; Quality assurance; Staff Observation Aggression Scale; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030766504     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(97)84792-X     Document Type: Article

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