Short-term prediction of threatening and violent behaviour in an Acute Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit based on patient and environment characteristics

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vaaler, Arne E ^a,b   Iversen, Valentina C ^a,b   Morken, Gunnar ^a,b   Fløvig, John C ^a,b   Palmstierna, Tom ^a,b,c   Linaker, Olav M ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STAFF OBSERVATION AGGRESSION SCALE REVISED; VIOLENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952708090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-44     Document Type: Article

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