Background Violence is a large concern for mental health professionals: 90% of physicians
and nurses working in mental health areas have been subject to violence from patients …

To examine risk assessment tools to predict patient violence in acute care settings. An
integrative review of the literature. Five electronic databases–CINAHL Plus, MEDLINE …

Introduction Violence risk assessment is commonplace in mental health settings and is
gradually being used in emergency care. The aim of this review was to explore the efficacy …

Serious mental illness is a major risk factor for violence. Research suggests that many
committed psychiatric inpatients have perpetrated violence before, during, and after …

Accessible summary• Fear of violence from patients may affect the quality of care mental
health nurses provide.• The Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC), a six‐item instrument, has the …

BACKGROUND: Violence on inpatient psychiatric settings has significant consequences for
patients and staff. Research is needed to determine if Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) is an …

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 …

The Norwegian Brøset‐Violence‐Checklist (BVC) is one of the few instruments that is
suitable for short‐term prediction of violence of psychiatric inpatients by nursing staff in …

Background Violence perpetrated by psychiatric inpatients is associated with modifiable
factors. Current structured approaches to assess inpatient violence risk lack predictive …

Mental health professionals are routinely called upon to assess the risk of violence
presented by their patients. Prior surveys of risk assessment methods have been largely …