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- Title
Violence in psychiatric units: a 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients.
- Authors
Grassi, Luigi; Biancosino, Bruno; Marmai, Luciana; Kotrotsiou, Vasiliki; Zanchi, Pierluigi; Peron, Luana; Marangoni, Claudio; Vanni, Adello; Barbui, Corrado
- Abstract
The problem of violence and aggressive behaviour among patients with psychiatric disorders need careful assessment to improve the quality of psychiatric care. The aim of this paper is to describe the characteristics of repeated episodes of violence among patients admitted to an Italian psychiatric ward.
- Publication
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2006, Vol 41, Issue 9, p698
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-006-0088-5