Non-pharmacological interventions for reducing aggression and violence in serious mental illness: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

European Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-28

  Rampling, J ^a   Furtado, V ^a,b   Winsper, C ^b   Marwaha, S ^b   Lucca, G ^c   Livanou, M ^b   Singh, S P ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Personality disorder; Psychotherapy; Schizophrenia and psychosis; Violence

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ENHANCED THINKING SKILL; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHEMA THERAPY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE; ADULT; GROUP THERAPY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84959148099     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2422     Document Type: Short Survey

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