Causes and management of aggression and violence in a forensic mental health service: Perspectives of nurses and patients

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 532-544

  Dickens, Geoffrey ^a   Piccirillo, Maria ^a   Alderman, Nick ^a  

^a St Andrew's Academic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitude; Forensic nursing; Forensic psychiatry; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884960827     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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