Aggression in specialist secure and forensic inpatient mental health care: Incidence across care pathways

Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-217

  Dickens, Geoff ^a,b   Picchioni, Marco ^a,c   Long, Clive ^a,c  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Disabilities; Forensic; Injuries; Intellectual disability; Learning disabilities; Secure; Self harm; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84887297446     PISSN: 20508794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFP-09-2012-0017     Document Type: Article

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