Precipitants of Psychiatric Patient Assaults on Staff: Preliminary Empirical Inquiry of the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP)

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a   Hanson, M Annette ^b   Rego Jr , James ^b   Walker, Andrew P ^b  

^a Worcester State Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assault precipitants; Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP); Patient assaults; Staff victims

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0242657343     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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