Psychological impact of verbal abuse and violence by patients on nurses working in psychiatric departments

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Inoue, Makoto ^a   Tsukano, Ken ^b   Muraoka, Mitsutaro ^c   Kaneko, Fumiko ^a   Okamura, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c Mitsubishi Mihara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nurse; Psychological impact; Verbal abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROSIS; NURSE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645224942     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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