The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) and declines in rates of assault: Mixed replicated findings

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-175

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,e   Anderson, Elaine ^b   Marks, Louise ^c   Uzoma, Laurie L ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Pocasset Mental Health Center   (United States)

^c DMH Cambridge Somerville Center   (United States)

^d Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^e Department of Mental Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STAFF; TASK PERFORMANCE; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0342803889     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004680504051     Document Type: Article

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