The relationship between substance use and exit security on psychiatric wards

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-530

  Simpson, Alan ^a   Bowers, Len ^a   Haglund, Kristina ^b   Muir Cochrane, Eimear ^a,c   Nijman, Henk ^d   Van Der Merwe, Marie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring testing; Dual diagnosis; Locked doors; Psychiatric inpatients; Sniffer dogs; Substance misuse; Ward security

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DOGS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79951524075     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05499.x     Document Type: Article

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