Serious untoward incidents and their aftermath in acute inpatient psychiatry: The Tompkins Acute Ward Study

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 226-234

  Bowers, Len ^a   Simpson, Alan ^a   Eyres, Sophie ^a   Nijman, Henk ^a   Hall, Cerdic ^b   Grange, Angela ^c   Phillips, Louise ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absconding; Homicide; Self injurious behaviour; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GRIEF; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750449681     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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