Patient violence towards nursing staff in closed psychiatric wards: It's long-term effects on staff's mental state and behaviour

Medicine and Law

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 705-724

  Yarovitsky, Yael ^a   Tabak, Nili ^b  

^a 'Shar Menache' Hospital

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attack; Emotional harm; Locus of control; Mental state; Patient violence; Psychological distress; Threats; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74849089576     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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