Assessment of aggression in psychiatric admissions: semistructured interview and case note survey
Year: 2000
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Most mentally ill people are not violent, and most violence is carried out by mentally well people. 1 Nevertheless psychiatric illness is associated in the public mind with violence.2 3 Psychiatric assessment routinely examines suicidality, but how commonly clinicians ask patients about other forms of aggressive ideation is unclear.We aimed to measure the prevalence of aggressive ideation among patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals, and how frequently examining psychiatrists asked about such thoughts.
Source: BMJ
Author: J. Sanders
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1997883541