@article{ref1,
title="Aggressive behaviour in a psychiatric observation ward",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="1983",
author="Cooper, S. J. and Browne, F. W. and McClean, K. J. and King, D. J.",
volume="68",
number="5",
pages="386-393",
abstract="Episodes of aggression were monitored, using a questionnaire, for a 6-month period in the female observation ward of a General Psychiatric Hospital. The results show that: a small group of schizophrenic patients were responsible for most of the incidents; nursing staff and other patients fell victim equally frequently; few of the incidents were predictable. Psychotic symptoms appear to be the main cause. More effective treatment of some persistently psychotic, apparently neuroleptic-resistant, aggressive patients should reduce the prevalence of violent behaviour. Drug-free observation periods in more recently admitted patients, or patients involved in pharmacological studies, however, were not associated with violent incidents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}