Contemporary management of aggression in an inner city mental health service

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Emmerson, Brett ^a   Fawcett, Lisa ^b   Ward, Warren ^a   Catts, Stanley ^a   Ng, Agnes ^b   Frost, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute mental health inpatients; Aggression management; Risk

Indexed keywords

BENZATROPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; FLUMAZENIL; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL ACETATE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MONOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34248166539     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560601123708     Document Type: Article

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