Homicide in psychiatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 500-503

  Nielssen, Olav ^a   Large, Matthew M ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; VIOLENCE; WARD;

AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860763445     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100290     Document Type: Article

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