Accessible Summary What Is Known on the Subject? The Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC)
has been widely translated and implemented in diverse mental healthcare settings to …

This guideline has been developed to advise on the short-term management of violence and
aggression in mental health, health and community settings in adults, children (aged 12 …

There is a need for novel methods to treat violence and the threat of violence on psychiatric
wards. Violence is a complex phenomenon that needs to be met with a multiprofessional …

Mental health nurses are faced with an increasing number of aggressive incidents during
their daily practice. The coercive intervention of seclusion is often used to manage patient …

The English National Service Framework for Mental Health stipulates that the highest quality
of health care should be provided for mental health service users in the most efficient and …

This is the second of a two part paper which seeks to explore a wide range of phenomena
that have been found to have an association with aggression and violence (A/V) in inpatient …

Accessible summary• Reforms of mental health service delivery models have resulted in
initial assessments being conducted by crisis and triage service clinicians in acutely time …

BACKGROUND: Psychiatry is characterised by bio-psycho-social approaches and
therapies. Thus there should be an interest in comprehensive theoretical models for didactic …

Background Violent and aggressive incidents are common within mental health settings and
are often managed using high-risk physical interventions such as restraint and seclusion. De …

BackgroundSignificant ethnic differences have been found previously on a forensic unit in
the management of psychiatric patients after a violent incident. AimsTo study the …