The attempted and actual assault scale (attacks)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-176

  Bowers, Len ^a,e   Nijman, Henk ^a,b   Palmstierna, Tom ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b De Kijvelanden Forensic Psychiatric Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment; Psychiatric inpatients; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTEMPTED AND ACTUAL ASSAULT SCALE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEOTAPE;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34648822883     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.219     Document Type: Article

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