Mental health-related risk factors for violence: Using the evidence to guide mental health triage decision making

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 690-701

  Sands, N ^a,d   Elsom, S ^b   Gerdtz, M ^c   Khaw, D ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crisis assessment; Emergency psychiatry; Mental health triage; Systematic review; Violence risk

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPATHY; RESTLESSNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE OF ONSET; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84865597789     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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