title: Patients' violence towards the staff in psychiatric institutions--a professional and ethical dilemma.
abstract: To address the violence phenomenon in psychiatric institutions towards the staff, to find the causes of these phenomena and to examine effective methods that will help to prevent the occurrence and/or confront it. To break the "conspiracy of silence" around the subject matter and to raise the awareness of all personnel in order to formulate a policy of responses to violent incidents and to learn procedures for the management of these complex situations.
authors: Schoenbrun Academic School of Nursing in Tel-Aviv Medical Center.
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authors: Sharon
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authors: Tabak
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D001523:Mental Disorders; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D016272:Occupational Health; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data