@article{ref1,
title="Crowding and aggression on inpatient psychiatric wards",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="1999",
author="Nijman, H. L. and Rector, G.",
volume="50",
number="6",
pages="830-831",
abstract="The association between crowding and aggressive behavior among psychiatric inpatients was investigated. Aggressive incidents were documented on two closed psychiatric wards between February 1 and December 15, 1996. A modest correlation between number of patients on the ward and number of aggressive incidents per patient was found. Enlargement of the physical space by the addition of a courtyard to one of the wards midway through the study did not lead to a significant decline in incidents. Possibly, a lack of psychological space-having no privacy or not being able to get sufficient rest-may be more important in triggering aggression than a lack of physical space.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}