Citation

Rice ME, Helzel MF, Varney GW, Quinsey VL. Am. J. Community Psychol. 1985; 13(3): 289-304.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

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PMID

4025244

Abstract

A 5-day course designed to train psychiatric hospital staff verbal and physical methods of preventing violence and injury when dealing with upset patients was taught to 89 staff from maximum and less secure wards. Compared to no-treatment controls, experimental subjects improved significantly on four tests of crisis-related tests and knowledge. Questionnaire and self-report measures from staff and patients on the training wards also indicated positive course effects. Assault frequencies decreased immediately after the course and staff injuries on experimental wards were reduced after the course relative to control wards.

Language: en