@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of psychiatric inpatients who stalk, threaten, or harass hospital staff after discharge",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1998",
author="Sandberg, David A. and McNiel, D. E. and Binder, Renée L.",
volume="155",
number="8",
pages="1102-1105",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify demographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients who stalk, threaten, or harass hospital staff after discharge. METHOD: The authors retrospectively summarized the demographic and clinical characteristics of 17 inpatients who engaged in this type of behavior and a comparison group of 326 inpatients. RESULTS: The patients who stalked, threatened, or harassed staff after discharge were significantly more likely than the comparison patients to have a diagnosis of personality disorder and/or paranoid disorder, erotomanic subtype, and to have a history of physically assaultive or fear-inducing behavior. The data suggest that they were more likely to be male and never married and to have histories of multiple hospitalizations, suicidal or self-injurious behavior, and substance abuse or dependence. CONCLUSIONS: The findings reveal several risk factors that may be useful in identifying a subgroup of patients who pose a risk of directing aggressive behavior toward hospital staff after discharge.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}