Aggression in psychiatry wards: a systematic review

CM Cornaggia, M Beghi, F Pavone, F Barale - Psychiatry research, 2011 - Elsevier
Although fairly frequent in psychiatric in-patient, episodes of aggression/violence are mainly
limited to verbal aggression, but the level of general health is significantly lower in nurses …

[HTML][HTML] Violence and mental illness

ME Rueve, RS Welton - Psychiatry (edgmont), 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Violence attracts attention in the news media, in the entertainment business, in world
politics, and in countless other settings. Violence in the context of mental illness can be …

Relationship between psychiatric nurse work environments and nurse burnout in acute care general hospitals

NP Hanrahan, LH Aiken, L McClaine… - Issues in mental health …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Following deinstitutionalization, inpatient psychiatric services moved from state institutions to
general hospitals. Despite the magnitude of these changes, evaluations of the quality of …

The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) A prospective validation study in a forensic psychiatric sample

TL Nicholls, J Brink, SL Desmarais, CD Webster… - …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
A new assessment scheme-the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)-
presents a workable method for assessing risks to self and others encountered in mentally …

Effectiveness of de-escalation in reducing aggression and coercion in acute psychiatric units. A cluster randomized study

A Celofiga, B Kores Plesnicar, J Koprivsek… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Most guidelines for the management of aggressive behavior in acute psychiatric
patients describe the use of de-escalation as the first-choice method, but the evidence for its …

Examining the role of static and dynamic risk factors in the prediction of inpatient violence: Variable-and person-focused analyses

BE McDermott, JF Edens, CD Quanbeck… - Law and human …, 2008 - Springer
Although the construct of psychopathy is related to community violence and recidivism in
various populations, empirical evidence suggests that its association with institutional …

Prevalence of aggression in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia in C hina: A meta‐analysis

JS Zhou, BL Zhong, YT Xiang, Q Chen… - Asia‐Pacific …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Aggression is a major concern in psychiatric inpatient care. Variations in study
designs, settings, populations and data collection methods render comparisons of the …

A review of ecological factors affecting inpatient psychiatric unit violence: implications for relational and unit cultural improvements

V Hamrin, J Iennaco, D Olsen - Issues in mental health nursing, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the research on ecologic factors that may contribute to or lessen the
likelihood of inpatient unit violence. Understanding these factors can provide psychiatric …

Predictors of length of stay in forensic psychiatry: the influence of perceived risk of violence

H Andreasson, M Nyman, H Krona, L Meyer… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study describes the prevalence of adverse events and length of stay in forensic
psychiatric patients with and without a restriction order. Detailed clinical and administrative …

Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy

B Biancosino, S Delmonte, L Grassi… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Violence committed by acute psychiatric inpatients represents an important and challenging
problem in clinical practice. Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment information were …