Citation

van der Zalm YC, Nugteren WA, Hafsteinsdóttir TB, van der Venne CG, Kool N, van Meijel B. Perspect. Psychiatr. Care 2014; 51(1): 71-78.

Affiliation

Faculty of Clinical Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Rivierduinen, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands; Research Group Mental Health Nursing, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/ppc.12059

PMID

24405168

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine what is known from the literature about nursing care of psychiatric patients with a history of child maltreatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric nurses underline the importance of a routine inquiry of child abuse on admission of patients to psychiatric care, but are reluctant to ask about child abuse. They often feel insufficiently competent to respond effectively to patients with a history of child maltreatment.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Psychiatric nurses need training in how to assess a history of child abuse and the late-life consequences of abuse in adult psychiatric patients. They also need to be trained to respond effectively to these patients.

Language: en