Characteristics of staff victims of pschiatric patient assaults: 15-Year analysis of the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP)

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,b   Farley, Ellen ^a   Rego, Stephany ^a   Walker, Andrew P ^a  

^a Worcester State Hospital   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP); Psychological first aid; Risk management strategies; Staff victim characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK MANAGEMENT; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PRISONERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749466657     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-006-9024-9     Document Type: Article

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