Introduction On psychiatric wards, aggressive behaviour displayed by patients is common
and problematic. Understanding factors associated with the development of aggression …

Background Violence in acute psychiatric wards affects the safety of other patients and the
effectiveness of treatment. However, there is a wide variation in reported rates of violence in …

Background Acute psychiatric wards manage patients whose actions may threaten safety
(conflict). Staff act to avert or minimise harm (containment). The Safewards model enabled …

Background Psychomotor agitation is associated with different psychiatric conditions and
represents an important issue in psychiatry. Current recommendations on agitation in …

Objective: The aim of this project was to provide a comprehensive overview and quantitative
synthesis of the links between alcohol, drugs, and violence with established meta-meta …

Aggressive behavior in patients with psychiatric disorders is attracting increasing research
interest. One reason for this is that psychiatric patients are generally considered more likely …

Can Trust, there has been an increasing focus on using clearly defined, transparent
processes for rating the quality of evidence and the strength of the overall body of evidence …

Wellbeing of nurses is associated with patient aggression. Little is known about the
differences in these associations between nurses working in different specialties. We aimed …

Background Research regarding disparities in physical restraint use in the emergency
department (ED) is limited. We evaluated the role of race, ethnicity, and preferred language …

Die Behandlung in den Kliniken für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie und den
forensisch psychiatrischen Ambulanzen ist Teil des Versorgungsangebots für psychisch …