Violence risk–assessment screening tools for acute care mental health settings: Literature review

KK Anderson, CE Jenson - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Short‐term risk assessment in the long term: A scoping review and meta‐analysis of the Brøset Violence Checklist

J Hvidhjelm, LL Berring, R Whittington… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of violence risk assessment tools currently used in emergency care settings

D Sammut, N Hallett, L Lees-Deutsch… - Journal of emergency …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Crisis in the emergency department: the evaluation and management of acute agitation in children and adolescents

R Gerson, N Malas… - Child and Adolescent …, 2018 - childpsych.theclinics.com
Acute agitation in children and adolescents in the emergency department (ED) carries
significant risks for patients, families, and staff. 1 The ED environment is rarely designed with …

Structured assessments for imminent aggression in mental health and correctional settings: Systematic review and meta-analysis

GL Dickens, LE O'Shea, M Christensen - International journal of nursing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Structured risk assessment schemes can aid violence reduction in mental
health and correctional settings. However, the properties and effectiveness of schemes for …

The validity and utility of violence risk assessment tools to predict patient violence in acute care settings: An integrative literature review

M Ghosh, D Twigg, Y Kutzer… - … journal of mental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Developing entrustable professional activities to enhance application of an aggression prevention protocol

T Maguire, G Willetts, B McKenna, M Daffern… - Nurse education in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim The research aim of this study was to seek feedback from prevention of aggression
training experts about the suitability of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) as an …

Models, frameworks and theories in the implementation of programs targeted to reduce formal coercion in mental health settings: a systematic review

T Lantta, J Duxbury, A Haines-Delmont… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Implementation models, frameworks and theories (hereafter tools) provide
researchers and clinicians with an approach to understand the processes and mechanisms …

Screening for behavioral health patient aggression in emergency departments to reduce workplace violence

B Hamrick, T Van Hassel, D Snyder… - Journal of emergency …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Patient violence in health care facilities occurs daily. Structured risk
assessments, when regularly completed, have been effective in prompting interventions to …

Strategies for assessing and preventing inpatient violence in forensic hospitals: A call for specificity

E Dexter, MJ Vitacco - European Psychologist, 2020 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Violence within inpatient forensic hospitals is a significant and enduring problem that leads
to harm to staff and patients and causes significant expenditures. This paper provides …