Measurement of aggression in psychiatric patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Gothelf, Doron ^a,b   Apter, Alan ^a,b   Van Praag, Herman M ^c  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anger; Hostility; Measures; Tools; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030928434     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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