Characteristics of International Staff Victims of Psychiatric Patient Assaults: Review of Published Findings, 2000–2012

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 397-404

  Flannery, Raymond B ^a   Wyshak, Grace ^a   Flannery, Georgina J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Newton Free Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaults; International studies; Psychiatric patients; Staff victims

Indexed keywords

CRIME VICTIM; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

CRIME VICTIMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84933500030     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-014-9314-6     Document Type: Article

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