@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of assaultive psychiatric patients: ten year analysis of the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP)",
journal="Psychiatric quarterly",
year="2002",
author="Flannery, Raymond B. and Schuler, Anne P. and Farley, Ellen M. and Walker, Andrew P.",
volume="73",
number="1",
pages="59-69",
abstract="Nearly thirty years of published research has documented the continuing presence of patient assaults on staff. These studies have included the traditional male patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and histories of violence and substance use disorder and the newer female, personality-disordered individual. This study reports on a ten-year longitudinal analysis of assaultive patients in one public-sector mental healthcare system during a period which included the national shift toward managed care initiatives. Data were gathered in the context of the Assaulted Staff Action Program, a crisis intervention program for staff victims. Patient assailants in both inpatient and community settings included both the traditional and newer personality-disordered individuals. The majority of assailants were females. Managed care initiatives appeared to have had little impact on type of assailants. Implications for safety and treatment are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2720",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}