Frequency and severity of aggressive incidents in acute psychiatric wards in Switzerland

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Abderhalden, Christoph ^a   Needham, Ian ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c   Halfens, Ruud ^d   Fischer, Joachim E ^e   Haug, Hans Joachim ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 39049152105     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-3-30     Document Type: Article

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