Post-traumatic stress disorder following patient assaults among staff members of mental health hospitals: A prospective longitudinal study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Richter, Dirk ^a,b   Berger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646371222     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-15     Document Type: Article

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