Aggression on a psychiatric acute ward: A three-year prospective study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1229-1248

  Mellesdal, Liv ^a,b  

^a Bergen Psychiat University Hospital   (Norway)

^b Cand San   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0642281925     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.92.3.1229-1248     Document Type: Article

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