Management of the violent or agitated patient;Manejo de paciente agitado ou agressivo

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 596-5103

  Mantovani, Célia ^a   Migon, Marcelo Nobre ^b   Alheira, Flávio Valdozende ^b   Del Ben, Cristina Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEEP SEDATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650185638     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462010000600006     Document Type: Review

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