@article{ref1,
title="Reducing violence in severe mental illness: randomised controlled trial of intensive case management compared with standard care",
journal="British medical journal: BMJ",
year="2001",
author="Walsh, E. and Gilvarry, C. and Samele, C. and Harvey, K. and Manley, C. and Tyrer, P. and Creed, Francis H. and Murray, R. and Fahy, T.",
volume="323",
number="7321",
pages="1093-1096",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To establish whether intensive case management reduces violence in patients with psychosis in comparison with standard case management. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial with two year follow up. SETTING: Four inner city community mental health services. PARTICIPANTS: 708 patients with established psychotic illness allocated at random to intervention (353) or control (355) group. INTERVENTION: Intensive case management (caseload 10-15 per case manager) for two years compared with standard case management (30-35 per case manager). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Physical assault over two years measured by interviews with patients and case managers and examination of case notes. RESULTS: No significant reduction in violence was found in the intensive case management group compared with the control group (22.7% v 21.9%, P=0.86). CONCLUSIONS: Intensive case management does not reduce the prevalence of violence in psychotic patients in comparison with standard care.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-8138",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}