Assaults on staff by psychiatric patients in community residences

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-113

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a   Fisher, William ^b   Walker, Andrew ^b   Kolodziej, Karolina ^b   Spillane, Michael J ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0342470670     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.51.1.111     Document Type: Article

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