title: Survey of threats and assaults by patients on psychiatry residents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors sought to determine the prevalence of threats and assaults by patients on psychiatry residents, their consequences, and the perceived adequacy of supports and institutional responses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Authors conducted an anonymous survey of 519 psychiatry residents in 13 psychiatry programs across the United States. The survey questionnaire inquired about residents' experiences of threats and assaults by patients during their residency training.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate for this survey was 39% (N=204). Residents were most commonly threatened (N=175; 86%), physically intimidated (N=145; 71%) or received unwanted advances (N=118; 58%). One-quarter (N=51; 25%) were physically assaulted. Most of the incidents occurred in inpatient settings (N=92; 45%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study, like previous studies on this topic, calls attention to the high number of residents that are affected by violence during their training, and it underscores the need to protect the safety of psychiatry residents and to support those who have been victimized.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, N. Worcester, USA. yael.dvir@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dvir
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moniwa
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Crisp-Han
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Coverdale
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*