Background Forensic mental health is a challenging workplace, with nurses subject to
various trauma exposures in their professional role. Objectives To identify the key concepts …

In their daily work, mental health nurses (MHN) are often exposed to stressful events,
including patient‐perpetrated aggression and violence. Personal safety and health …

Workplace violence is a prevalent phenomenon in healthcare, particularly among nursing
professionals. Exposure to workplace violence may be direct through firsthand involvement …

This study examined the impact of cumulative violence victimization on health care workers'
subsequent posttraumatic stress–depression comorbidity. Female nurses and nursing …

Aim We aimed to explore psychiatric nurses' and other psychiatric workers' understanding of
trauma in the context of their relationships with the people they care for and the effects on …

BACKGROUND: Workplace violence against mental health nurses is an international
phenomenon that sparks concerns for nurses' safety and mental health. This phenomenon …

Workplace violence towards health workers in hospitals and in mental health units in
particular is increasing. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of exposure …

Background: Correctional health and forensic mental health (FMH) staff may experience
vicarious trauma (VT) as a result of cumulative and repeated exposure to traumatic material …

BACKGROUND: When compared with all other health care professions, the psychiatric
nursing profession has the highest prevalence of workplace violence. The effects of …

Background Violence is frequent towards nurses in forensic mental health hospitals.
Implications of this high risk environment have not been systematically explored. This paper …