Citation

Madden DJ, Lion JR, Penna MW. Am. J. Psychiatry 1976; 133(4): 422-425.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1267042

Abstract

The authors describe the results of a survey of 115 psychiatrists regarding assaults by patients. Forty-eight psychiatrists stated that they had been assaulted; a total of 68 assaults was reported. Psychiatrists were most often assaulted in the early stages of their career or while they were working in high-risk settings such as prisons or emergency rooms. Many reported retrospectively that they might have had a role in provoking the assault and that they could have anticipated it. The authors believe that psychiatrists avoid dealing with the issue of violence by patients for a variety of reasons, and they recommend that clinicians learn techniques for managing potentially assaultive patients.

Language: en