Disruptive and dangerous behaviour by patients on acute psychiatric wards in three European centres

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 822-828

  Bowers, Len ^a   Douzenis, Athanassios ^b   Galeazzi, Gian Maria ^c   Forghieri, Matilde ^d   Tsopelas, Christos ^e   Simpson, Alan ^f   Allan, Teresa ^f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absconding; Aggression; Medication adherence; Restraint; Seclusion; Sedation; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27744604836     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0967-1     Document Type: Article

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