title: Course and predictors of physical aggressive behaviour after discharge from a psychiatric inpatient unit: 1 year follow-up.
abstract: The present study analyzes course and predictors of physically aggressive behaviour over a 1-year follow up in a sample of patients discharged from a psychiatric inpatient unit. One hundred and eighty-six patients discharged from a locked short-term Psychiatric Inpatient Unit at the Bologna University Hospital. After discharge, two data collection contacts at 1 month and at 1 year were scheduled. In particular, psychiatrists, nurses, and other professionals were interviewed by the research staff using the Overt Aggression Scale. About 20 % of discharged patients showed physical aggressiveness in subsequent follow-up contacts. Risk factors for physical violence in the short-time period were social problems and a longer time from the first psychiatric contact. Living in residential facilities and physical aggressiveness during hospitalization were correlated to violence in the long-time period. Risk factors for physically violent behaviour differed in the short-term and long-term follow-ups; different causes of violent behaviour could be hypothesized.
authors: Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Strada del Quartiere 2/A, 43100, Parma, Italy. mario.amore@unipr.it
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Amore
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Tonti
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Esposito
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Baratta
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Berardi
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Menchetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014754:Violence