title: Patient suicide and assault: their impact on psychiatric hospital staff.
abstract: Psychiatric nursing entails its own particular hazards, specifically patient suicide and patient assault on staff. The reactions to these occurrences are manifested in the symptoms of PTSD and grief, which often are exacerbated by administrative reactions and the staff's own countertransference issues.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003379:Countertransference; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*