Prediction of aggression and restraint in child inpatient units

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Crocker, Jandi H ^a   Stargatt, Robyn ^a,b   Denton, Christine ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Inpatient; Mental disorders; Patient isolation; Restraint (physical)

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951270901     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903489825     Document Type: Review

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