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Violence and its prediction at a psychiatric hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

N. Sjöström ,
D.N. Eder ,
U. Malm  and
J. Beskow
N. Sjöström*
Affiliation:
Göteborg University, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska Hospital, S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden
D.N. Eder
Affiliation:
Göteborg University, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska Hospital, S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden
U. Malm
Affiliation:
Göteborg University, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska Hospital, S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden
J. Beskow
Affiliation:
Göteborg University, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska Hospital, S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden
*
*Correspondence and reprints. E-mail address:[email protected] (N. Sjöström).
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Summary

Aggressive behaviour in psychiatric inpatients was assessed before and after a training course for staff members. The Social Dysfunction Aggression Scale (SDAS) was used to report and assess aggressive behaviour over time, and the Staff Observation Aggression Scale (SOAS) to report and assess single aggressive incidents. In addition, the numbers of nursing staff members who were on sick leave because of injuries in the periods before and after the course were recorded and compared. No statistically significant reduction was found in the number of aggressive patients or in the number of staff members on sick leave. One interesting finding was a lower reporting on the SOAS of perceived aggressive incidents after the training course in comparison with the SDAS reports. Directed verbal aggressiveness and violence towards things were found to be predictors of violence.

Keywords

assessmentsinpatient treatmentpredictionsick leavestaff trainingviolence
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European Psychiatry , Volume 16 , Issue 8 , December 2001 , pp. 459 - 465
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Copyright © 2001 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS

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