The antecedents of violence and aggression within psychiatric in-patient settings

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 425-439

  Papadopoulos, C ^a   Ross, J ^b   Stewart, D ^c   Dack, C ^b   James, K ^c   Bowers, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Meta analysis; Psychiatry; Review of the literature; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDLINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84860836832     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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