Violence and aggression in the Drug Treatment Centre Board

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 89-91

  Whitty, Peter ^a   O'Connor, John J ^b  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Drug Treatment Centre Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Methadone maintenance and detoxification; Violence

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; METHADONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750462727     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: 07909667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S079096670000968X     Document Type: Article

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