Characteristics of repetitively assaultive patients: Ten year analysis of the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP)

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-179

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,c   Rachlin, Stephen ^b   Walker, Andrew ^a  

^a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Worcester State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP); Assaults; Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM); Pre incident training; Repetitively assaultive patients; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036615114     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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