Medical procedure with aggressive patients: experiences of psychiatric clinic in Wroclaw

In retrospective research--frequency of aggression among the patients admitted to the Department of Psychiatry in Wroclaw in 1992 was estimated about 8.2% from all the patients. Aggressive events were more frequent among the female patients. The most common group of drugs used in order to settle dow...

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Published inPsychiatria polska Vol. 27; no. 5; p. 501
Main Authors Kiejna, A, Jańska-Skomorowska, M, Baranowski, P
Format Journal Article
LanguagePolish
Published Poland 01.09.1993
Subjects
Aggression - drug effects
Antipsychotic Agents - classification
Antipsychotic Agents - pharmacology
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Female
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - drug therapy
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Sex Factors
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Summary:In retrospective research--frequency of aggression among the patients admitted to the Department of Psychiatry in Wroclaw in 1992 was estimated about 8.2% from all the patients. Aggressive events were more frequent among the female patients. The most common group of drugs used in order to settle down the patients was benzodiazepines regardless of origin of aggression. In terms of type of disorder aggression was more likely to occur in schizophrenia, then Clopixol-acuphase was used as the most effective drug. Restraining was one of the unavoidable method in several cases but as the only one method it was used in 13% of cases.
ISSN:0033-2674