@article{ref1,
title="Assessing Aggression Risks in Patients of the Ambulatory Mental Health Crisis Team",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2011",
author="Penterman, Berry and Nijman, Henk",
volume="47",
number="4",
pages="463-471",
abstract="During outreaching crisis visits, crisis team members run the risk of being confronted with aggressive behavior from their patients. To prevent dangerous situations, a method to assess risks in advance, on the basis of information received before the visit to the patient in crisis, could prove useful. During a two-year period, crisis team members completed a checklist before visiting patients in psychiatric crises. After each crisis visit, if there had been any aggression, this was recorded by means of the SOAS-R. In 51 of 499 crisis visits (10%) aggression was documented. The results indicate that the predictive validity of the presented checklist for occurrences of aggression may be fair-to-good. Use of the checklist in everyday crisis team practice seems recommendable as it structures the way risks are assessed before entering a potentially dangerous situation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-010-9348-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9348-7"
}