Changing care staff approaches to the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour in a residential treatment unit for persons with mental retardation and challenging behaviour

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-112

  Allen, David ^a   McDonald, Lindsay ^b   Dunn, Colin ^b   Doyle, Tony ^b  

^a Welsh Ctr for Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STAFF TRAINING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030981623     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(96)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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