Citation

Rüesch P, Miserez B, Hell D. Nervenarzt, Der 2003; 74(3): 259-265.

Vernacular Title

Gibt es ein Taterprofil des aggressiven Psychiatrie-Patienten?

Affiliation

Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Forschungsgruppe Public Mental Health, Zurich. prue@bli.unizh.ch.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00115-003-1475-8

PMID

12627241

Abstract

Violent behavior of psychiatric inpatients has grown in interest. Within the scope of a prospective study,patient assaults in six psychiatric hospitals of the Swiss Canton of Zurich were assessed during a period of 6 months, from November 1999 until May 2000. Three hundred eighty-eight of 5,251 inpatients (7.4%) were reported to act aggressively. The following risk factors for aggressive behavior were identified: male gender, younger age, unemployment, severity of mental illness, and rehospitalization. Psychiatric diagnosis was not related to aggressiveness. In spite of the detection of risk factors, a characteristic profile of aggressive psychiatric inpatients cannot be stated. Research should pay more attention to situation-specific cues for the aggressive behavior of such individuals.

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