TY - JOUR
T1 - Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities
T2 - A national survey in italy
AU - Biancosino, Bruno
AU - Delmonte, Sara
AU - Grassi, Luigi
AU - Santone, Giovanni
AU - Preti, Antonio
AU - Miglio, Rossella
AU - De Girolamo, Giovanni
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Violence committed by acute psychiatric inpatients represents an important and challenging problem in clinical practice. Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment information were collected for 1324 patients (677 men and 647 women) admitted to Italian public and private acute psychiatric inpatient facilities during an index period in 2004, and the sample divided into 3 groups: nonhostile patients (no episodes of violent behavior during hospitalization), hostile patients (verbal aggression or violent acts against objects), and violent patients (authors of physical assault). Ten percent (N = 129) of patients showed hostile behavior during hospitalization and 3% (N = 37) physically assaulted other patients or staff members. Variables associated with violent behavior were: male gender,
AB - Violence committed by acute psychiatric inpatients represents an important and challenging problem in clinical practice. Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment information were collected for 1324 patients (677 men and 647 women) admitted to Italian public and private acute psychiatric inpatient facilities during an index period in 2004, and the sample divided into 3 groups: nonhostile patients (no episodes of violent behavior during hospitalization), hostile patients (verbal aggression or violent acts against objects), and violent patients (authors of physical assault). Ten percent (N = 129) of patients showed hostile behavior during hospitalization and 3% (N = 37) physically assaulted other patients or staff members. Variables associated with violent behavior were: male gender,
KW - Aggression
KW - Inpatient care
KW - Violence
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bb0d6b
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bb0d6b
M3 - Article
C2 - 19829207
AN - SCOPUS:70350461985
VL - 197
SP - 772
EP - 782
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
SN - 0022-3018
IS - 10
ER -