Inpatient evaluation of aggression in psychiatric patients.
The authors rated violent and violence-related behavior of patients on a psychiatric intensive care unit, and found that despite the restricted environment such behaviour was manifested to a considerable degree. The amount of violent behavior was significantly correlated with admission Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale ratings on measures of thought disorder and schizophrenic thinking, but not with ratings of hostility.
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014754:Violence