title: The disruptive antisocial patient: management strategies.
abstract: As our society copes with increasing numbers of persons who exhibit criminal behaviors, hospital personnel also are encountering them in equally large numbers as they enter tertiary urban hospitals as victims of trauma with their injuries often complicated by alcohol or drug withdrawal. The nurse manager plays a significant role in coordinating strategies for managing the antisocial patient and can have a marked influence on containment of disturbing behaviors during the individual's hospitalization.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Daum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning