title: Skills for preventing aggression.
abstract: This case study shows how the assessment and action taken helped a person with severe learning disabilities to adjust to life outside a hospital secure unit.
authors.affiliation: Harperbury, Horizon NHS Trust.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fanning
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*