Violence prevention in inpatient psychiatric settings: Systematic review of studies about the perceptions of care staff and patients

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 502-514

  Hallett, Nutmeg ^a,c   Huber, Jörg W ^b   Dickens, Geoffrey L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c St Andrew s Academic Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Inpatient; Mental health; Prevention; Psychiatry; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TOWARDS PATIENT PHYSICAL ASSAULT QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT OF AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE ATTITUDES SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE PREVENTION;

EID: 84908136287     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2014.07.009     Document Type: Review

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