Crowding and violence on psychiatric wards: Explanatory models

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 433-437

  Kumar, S ^a   Ng, B ^a  

^a Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric wards; Crowding; Environmental stress; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CROWDING; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MODEL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034933785     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370104600509     Document Type: Article

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