title: Reducing staff injuries and violence in a forensic psychiatric setting.
abstract: Despite the attention given to the issue of violence in the psychiatric literature, very little progress has been made towards improving our understanding of violence by the mentally ill and programs aimed at the prevention of violence are rare. This report describes the administrative and clinical efforts of the staff in a maximum security psychiatric facility when addressing an alarming increase in violence and serious staff injuries. Evaluation data include measures of aggression and violence, seclusion and restraint data, staff injuries, and incident report data.
authors.affiliation: Central State Hospital, Petersburg, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morman
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonner
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lathan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009746:Nursing, Team; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D012308:Risk Management; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014768:Virginia; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*