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Violent behavior patterns on psychiatric wards
Author(s) -
Depp Frederick C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1976)2:4<295::aid-ab2480020406>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychiatry , poison control , psychology , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , medicine , clinical psychology , pathology
Abstract A study of 379 violent incidents between pairs of psychiatric inpatients during an eight‐month period indicates a substantial number of patterned associations between assaulting patients and those struck. In addition, regularities are observed in these incidents between frequency of occurrence and spatiotemporal and other contextual factors. Taken in the aggregate, these relationships support enlargement of most current conceptualizations of the violent act in psychiatric settings, which focus almost exclusively upon physiologic and psychologic state changes within the identified initiator of violent acts.