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Prevalence of risk factors for aggressive behavior: characteristics of an involuntarily admitted population
Author(s) -
Palmstierna T.,
Wistedt B.
Publication year - 1988
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.1600-0447.1988.tb06328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , demography , population , disability pension , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , emergency medicine , environmental health , sociology , pathology
In Västmanland County, Sweden, 105 patients were acute admitted and involuntarily treated during a six‐month period. In spite of a low mean age (39.2 years), abuse of alcohol or other drugs was common (29%). Thirty‐nine percent of the patients showed violent behavior prior to the actual admission and 36% of the patients had shown such behavior prior to earlier admissions. Of the patients below 40 years, 32% had a disability pension.