Managing risk and conflict behaviours in acute psychiatry: The dual role of constant special observation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1340-1348

  Stewart, Duncan ^a   Bowers, Len ^a   Ross, Jamie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatry; Constant special observation; Mental health; Risk management; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860346804     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05844.x     Document Type: Article

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