Violence in psychiatric units: A 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 698-703

  Grassi, Luigi ^a,b   Biancosino, Bruno ^a,b   Marmai, Luciana ^a,b   Kotrotsiou, Vasiliki ^a   Zanchi, Pierluigi ^a   Peron, Luana ^b   Marangoni, Claudio ^b   Vanni, Adello ^b   Barbui, Corrado ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Agency   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Mental illness; Persistent violence; Psychiatric units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748581343     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0088-5     Document Type: Article

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