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A Preliminary Study of Violent Incidents in a Special Hospital (Rampton)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Emmet Larkin ,
S. Murtagh  and
S. J. Jones
Emmet Larkin*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
S. Murtagh
Affiliation:
Rampton Hospital
S. J. Jones
Affiliation:
Nottingham Psychiatric Case Register, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham
*
∗Rampton Hospital, Retford, Notts DN22 0PD
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Abstract

A six-month prospective study of violent incidents was carried out in a Special Hospital (Rampton). Comparisons were made with results from earlier studies in general psychiatric hospitals. As might be expected, incidents occurred more frequently in the Special Hospital. These incidents were also more serious in nature and resulted in greater injury. Although more patients in the Special Hospital were involved in incidents, only a small number of patients accounted for the majority of these. Female patients, who comprised 25% of the Special Hospital population, were involved in 75% of the incidents. Nursing staff were three times as likely to be assaulted as patients.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 2 , August 1988 , pp. 226 - 231
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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