Precipitants of elderly psychiatric patient assaults on staff: Preliminary empirical inquiry

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,b   Peterson, Brenda ^c,d   Walker, Andrew P ^e  

^a Worcester State Hospital   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c Westborough State Hospital   (United States)

^d Worcester State Hospital ^*

^e MA Department of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault precipitants; Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP); Elderly psychiatric patient assailants; Long term care settings

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 17644408028     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-005-2337-z     Document Type: Article

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