Prevalence and risk factors of violence by psychiatric acute inpatients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Iozzino, Laura ^a,b   Ferrari, Clarissa ^a   Large, Matthew ^c,e   Nielssen, Olav ^d,e   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPE; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84936869804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128536     Document Type: Review

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