Patient Violence Towards Counselors in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs: Prevalence, Predictors, and Responses

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-17

  Bride, Brian E ^a   Choi, Y Joon ^b   Olin, Ilana W ^b   Roman, Paul M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counselors; Physical assault; Physical threat; Verbal assault; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84940605593     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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