Nonviolent psychiatric inpatients and subsequent assaults on community patients and staff

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-27

  Flannery, Raymond B ^a   Fisher, William ^b   Walker, Andrew P M ^a   Littlewood, Karla ^a   Spillane, Michael J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community patients; Community residences; Community staff; Patient assaults; Victims; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035290250     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004853802285     Document Type: Article

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