Inpatient violence in a Dutch forensic psychiatric hospital
| Autor: | Nienke Verstegen, Michiel de Vries Robbé, Vivienne de Vogel, Martijn Helmerhorst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Names of the days of the week 05 social sciences Psychological intervention Civil court social sciences Pathology and Forensic Medicine Forensic science Psychiatry and Mental health Forensic psychiatry 050501 criminology Medicine Criminal court Psychiatric hospital Verbal aggression business Psychiatry Law Applied Psychology 0505 law Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Forensic Practice. 19:102-114 |
| ISSN: | 2050-8794 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/jfp-04-2016-0020 |
| Popis: | Purpose Inpatient violence can have a major impact in terms of traumatic experiences for victims and witnesses, an unsafe treatment climate, and high-financial costs. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into patterns of violent behavior, so that adequate preventive measures can be taken. Design/methodology/approach Data on inpatient violence in a Dutch forensic psychiatric hospital between 2008 and 2014 were extracted from hospital files on 503 patients. Findings More than half of all the patients (n=276, 54.9 percent) displayed verbal aggression on at least one occasion, whereas 27.2 percent of all patients (n=137) exhibited one or more incidents of physical violence. Female patients were responsible for more physically violent episodes than male patients. Patients admitted with a civil court order exhibited more violent behavior than patients with a criminal court order. Violent patients with a civil commitment had a significantly longer length of stay than non-violent patients with a civil commitment. More violence was found to take place on the earlier days of the week. Originality/value This study points at important differences between groups of forensic inpatients in frequency and type of inpatient violent behavior and in temporal factors. Interventions aimed at reducing the number of violent incidents should take these differences into account. Further research is necessary to gain more insight into the background of inpatient violence. |
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