Abstract
This article provides guidance on how to manage the unavoidable challenge of aggression in psychiatric relationships. Accordingly, this article addresses issues of personal safety and how to manage potentially violent patients, defuse situations that threaten imminent violence, and manage emergent violence. In addition, a useful chart is highlighted that differentiates different types of violence.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Baker F. M., Bell C. C. Issues in the psychiatric treatment of African Americans. Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Mar;50(3):362–368. doi: 10.1176/ps.50.3.362. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Bell C. C., Palmer J. M. Security procedures in a psychiatric emergency service. J Natl Med Assoc. 1981 Sep;73(9):835–842. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hughes D. H. Acute psychopharmacological management of the aggressive psychotic patient. Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Sep;50(9):1135–1137. doi: 10.1176/ps.50.9.1135. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Krakowski M. I., Czobor P. Clinical symptoms, neurological impairment, and prediction of violence in psychiatric inpatients. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1994 Jul;45(7):700–705. doi: 10.1176/ps.45.7.700. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Marcovitz E. Aggression in human adaptation. Psychoanal Q. 1973;42(2):226–233. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Menninger W. W. Management of the aggressive and dangerous patient. Bull Menninger Clin. 1993 Spring;57(2):208–217. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Mulvey E. P. Assessing the evidence of a link between mental illness and violence. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1994 Jul;45(7):663–668. doi: 10.1176/ps.45.7.663. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Resnick M. D., Bearman P. S., Blum R. W., Bauman K. E., Harris K. M., Jones J., Tabor J., Beuhring T., Sieving R. E., Shew M. Protecting adolescents from harm. Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health. JAMA. 1997 Sep 10;278(10):823–832. doi: 10.1001/jama.278.10.823. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Tupin J. P. The violent patient: a strategy for management and diagnosis. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1983 Jan;34(1):37–40. doi: 10.1176/ps.34.1.37. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]