Psychiatric inpatient aggression: A review of structural and functional assessment approaches

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 477-497

  Daffern, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Howells, Kevin ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Functional analysis; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION;

EID: 0036348623     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(01)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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