Factors associated with seclusion in a statewide forensic psychiatric service in Australia over a 2-year period

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Thomas, Stuart D M ^a,c   Daffern, Michael ^a   Martin, Trish ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^a   Thomson, Lindsay D G ^b   Ferguson, Murray ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Inpatient aggression; Seclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT ISOLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149359229     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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