Psychiatric Patient Assaults and the Staff Victims: An Introduction

This brief paper presents an introductory overview of three papers on psychiatric patient assailants. The papers include the characteristics of patient assailants, precipitants to such assaults, and the characteristics of the staff victims of these assaults. The flexibility of the Assaulted Staff Ac...

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Published inPsychiatric quarterly
Main Author Flannery, Jr, Raymond B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 14.10.2010
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Summary:This brief paper presents an introductory overview of three papers on psychiatric patient assailants. The papers include the characteristics of patient assailants, precipitants to such assaults, and the characteristics of the staff victims of these assaults. The flexibility of the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) to address staff victims' post-incident psychological needs is discussed.
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ISSN:0033-2720
1573-6709
DOI:10.1007/s11126-010-9159-6