@article{ref1,
title="A risk profile of the aggressive psychiatric inpatient: can it be identified?",
journal="Nervenarzt",
year="2003",
author="Rüesch, P. and Miserez, B. and Hell, D.",
volume="74",
number="3",
pages="259-265",
abstract="Violent behavior of psychiatric inpatients has grown in interest. Within the scope of a prospective study,patient assaults in six psychiatric hospitals of the Swiss Canton of Zurich were assessed during a period of 6 months, from November 1999 until May 2000. Three hundred eighty-eight of 5,251 inpatients (7.4%) were reported to act aggressively. The following risk factors for aggressive behavior were identified: male gender, younger age, unemployment, severity of mental illness, and rehospitalization. Psychiatric diagnosis was not related to aggressiveness. In spite of the detection of risk factors, a characteristic profile of aggressive psychiatric inpatients cannot be stated. Research should pay more attention to situation-specific cues for the aggressive behavior of such individuals.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0028-2804",
doi="10.1007/s00115-003-1475-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-003-1475-8"
}