Users' perceptions and views on violence and coercion in mental health

Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 69-92

  Abderhalden, Christoph ^a   Hahn, Sabine ^b   Bonner, Yvonne D B ^c   Galeazzi, Gian Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Mental Health and Patholological Addiction   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33965-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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