Aggression and seclusion on acute psychiatric wards: Effect of short-term risk assessment

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Van De Sande, R ^a,b   Nijman, H L I ^c   Noorthoorn, E O ^d   Wierdsma, A I ^e   Hellendoorn, E ^a   Van Der Staak, C ^b   Mulder, C L ^a,e  

^a BAVO Europoort   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d GGnet Dutch Case Register on Containment Measures ^*  (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECLUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 83455212089     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.095141     Document Type: Article

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