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Inpatient violence and the schizophrenic patient
Author(s) -
Yesavage J. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb00352.x
Subject(s) - brief psychiatric rating scale , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , psychology , rating scale , clinical psychology , paranoid schizophrenia , psychosis , developmental psychology
‐ A correlational analysis of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) ratings and measures of inpatient violence in 207 schizophrenic patients is presented. Significant correlations were found between BPRS measures of schizophrenic symptomatology and several measures of inpatient violence including assault. BPRS subscales which related to paranoid symptoms were also significantly correlated with inpatient danger‐related measures; however, to a lesser degree.