Hostile Words and Assaultive Behavior on an Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

This report analyzes the relationship of hostile verbalizations to assaultive acts committed by 110 male schizophrenic patients on an acute psychiatric unit. It was found that patients who were verbally assaultive and threatening also tended to be physically assaultive. Assaults rarely occurred in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of nervous and mental disease 1983-06, Vol.171 (6), p.385-387
Hauptverfasser:	WERNER, PAUL D, YESAVAGE, JEROME A, BECKER, JACQUELINE M. T, BRUNSTING, DAVID W, ISAACS, JOHN S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Commitment of Mentally Ill Hospitalization Hostility Humans Male Schizophrenic Psychology Verbal Behavior Violence
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