Predictors of violent behavior among acute psychiatric patients: Clinical study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Amore, Mario ^a,c   Menchetti, Marco ^b   Tonti, Cristina ^b   Scarlatti, Fabiano ^a   Lundgren, Eva ^a   Esposito, William ^b   Berardi, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Psichiatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Hostility; Psychopathology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SECURITY MEASURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 45149117379     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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