TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Crowding and aggression on inpatient psychiatric wards
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Nijman, H. L.
A1  - Rector, G.
SP  - 830
EP  - 831
VL  - 50
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -