Nurses' short-term prediction of violence in acute psychiatric intensive care

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-229

  Bjorkdahl A ^a,c   Olsson, D ^a   Palmstierna, T ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; In patient; Psychiatric nursing; Psychiatry; Risk assessment; Risk management; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; NURSE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSES; PSYCHIATRY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644774981     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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