title: Developing a clinical violence prevention and intervention plan for psychiatric mental healthcare settings.
abstract: Each year thousands of patients and staff are assaulted in psychiatric mental health settings. Because there are many reasons for such assaults, employers should develop a comprehensive approach to focus on this issue. A proposed format for a clinical violence prevention and intervention plan is presented as a clinical management tool to address patient assaults in psychiatric mental health settings, along with the rationale, use, and components of such a plan.
authors.affiliation: Office of Quality Improvement and Specialty Services, Division of Mental Health Services, Trenton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sclafani
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D016272:Occupational Health; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*