title: Inpatient aggression in community hospitals.
abstract: Physical violence is a frequent occurrence in acute community psychiatry units worldwide. Violent acts by patients cause many direct injuries and significantly degrade quality of care. The most accurate tools for predicting near-term violence on acute units rely on current clinical features rather than demographic risk factors. The efficacy of risk assessment strategies to lower incidence of violence on acute units is unknown. A range of behavioral and psychopharmacologic treatments have been shown to reduce violence among psychiatric inpatients.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry,San Mateo Health System,San Mateo,California,USA.
authors.forename: Katalin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry,San Mateo Health System,San Mateo,California,USA.
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Psychiatry,San Mateo Medical Center,San Mateo,California,USA.
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: 2Behavioral Health and Recovery Services,San Mateo,California,USA.
authors.forename: Raziya S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry,San Mateo Health System,San Mateo,California,USA.
authors.forename: Cameron D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Quanbeck
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Acute; aggression; agitation; community hospital; community psychiatry; inpatient; interventions; risk factors; violence