The impact of psychiatric symptoms, interpersonal style, and coercion on aggression and self-harm during psychiatric hospitalization

Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-381

  Daffern, Michael ^a,b   Thomas, Stuart ^a,b   Ferguson, Murray ^a,b   Podubinski, Tegan ^d   Hollander, Yitzchak ^a,c   Kulkhani, Jayashri ^c   DeCastella, Anthony ^a,c   Foley, Fiona ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c The Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPACT MESSAGE INVENTORY; INTERVIEW; MACARTHUR ADMISSION EXPERIENCE SURVEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COERCION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651377360     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2010.73.4.365     Document Type: Article

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