Assessing aggression risks in patients of the ambulatory mental health crisis team
| Autor: | Berry J. M. Penterman, Henk Nijman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Health (social science) Poison control Violence Suicide prevention Risk Assessment Occupational safety and health Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Injury prevention medicine Ambulatory Care Humans Psychiatry Referral and Consultation Netherlands Patient Care Team Aggression business.industry Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Mental health Checklist Community Mental Health Services Psychiatry and Mental health Crisis Intervention Logistic Models medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Community Mental Health Journal, 47, 463-471 Community Mental Health Journal, 47, 4, pp. 463-471 |
| ISSN: | 0010-3853 |
| Popis: | Item does not contain fulltext During outreaching crisis visits, crisis team members run the risk of being confronted with aggressive behavior from their patients. To prevent dangerous situations, a method to assess risks in advance, on the basis of information received before the visit to the patient in crisis, could prove useful. During a two-year period, crisis team members completed a checklist before visiting patients in psychiatric crises. After each crisis visit, if there had been any aggression, this was recorded by means of the SOAS-R. In 51 of 499 crisis visits (10%) aggression was documented. The results indicate that the predictive validity of the presented checklist for occurrences of aggression may be fair-to-good. Use of the checklist in everyday crisis team practice seems recommendable as it structures the way risks are assessed before entering a potentially dangerous situation. 9 p. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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