@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of Assaultive Psychiatric Patients: 20-Year Analysis of the Assaultive Staff Action Program (ASAP)",
journal="Psychiatric quarterly",
year="2011",
author="Flannery, Raymond B. and Farley, Ellen M. and Tierney, Timothy and Walker, Andrew P.",
volume="82",
number="1",
pages="1-10",
abstract="Empirical research demonstrates that patient assaults on staff are a worldwide occupational hazard. This study examined patient assailant characteristics in a 20-year longitudinal, retrospective study in one public health care system. Older male patients with schizophrenic illness and histories of violence toward others and substance use disorder and younger male/female patients with personality disorders and histories of violence toward others, personal victimization, and substance use disorder were the more frequent assailants. This was true at 10-, 15-, and 20-year periods. Specific clinical findings with regard to forensic patients, the violence triad, and victimization of women as well as methodological issues were discussed and the implications noted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2720",
doi="10.1007/s11126-010-9152-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-010-9152-0"
}