Hostility and violence of acute psychiatric inpatients

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Raja, Michele ^a   Azzoni, Antonella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

disorders; Emergency; Hostility; Mood; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AKATHISIA; AKINESIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33845188681     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-1-11     Document Type: Article

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