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Violence Against Others by Psychiatric Hospital Inpatients with Psychosis

Prevention Strategies and Challenges to Their Evaluation

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Violence among the Mentally III

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((ASID,volume 90))

Abstract

Hospitals are microcosms of society and, as such, have many of society’s strengths and weaknesses. Among the weaknesses is the possibility of violence among individuals or groups or against property. Against this background are conflicting expectations or assumptions: first, that hospitals, as places of healing or asylum, should necessarily be safer than the outside world; and second, that hospitals, as places where damaged and stressed people are grouped and, frequently, undergo unpleasant and restricting procedures, must carry greater potential for violent incidents. Violence in hospitals is no more exclusively the preserve of people with a psychiatric disorder than violence elsewhere in the community. However, as there appears to be a small but significant association between some mental disorders and violence, and as one important reason for admission to a psychiatric hospital is the threat of or actual violence, psychiatric hospitals and units might be expected to be disproportionately affected.

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Taylor, P.J., Schanda, H. (2000). Violence Against Others by Psychiatric Hospital Inpatients with Psychosis. In: Hodgins, S. (eds) Violence among the Mentally III. NATO Science Series, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4130-7_14

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