Repetitively violent patients in psychiatric units

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1458-1461

  Owen, Cathy ^a   Tarantello, Concetta ^b   Jones, Michael ^c   Tennant, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MANLY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INTSTAT Australia Pty Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RECIDIVISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031764743     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.11.1458     Document Type: Article

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