Non-pharmacologic management of violence in psychiatric emergencies

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Novitsky Jr , Mark A ^a   Julius, Rose J ^b   Dubin, William R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; AGITATED DEPRESSION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTICIPATION; CONVERSATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYNAMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; REASSURANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 75649118217     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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