Replicated declines in assault rates after implementation of the assaulted staff action program

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-243

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,b,g   Hanson, M Annette ^b,c   Penk, Walter E ^b,d   Goldfinger, Stephen ^e   Pastva, Gary J ^a   Navon, Marc A ^f  

^a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Nutritional Services   (United States)

^d Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HealthCare   (United States)

^g CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; VICTIM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 2642676022     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.2.241     Document Type: Article

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