@article{ref1,
title="Violent behavior of patients admitted in emergency following drug suicidal attempt: a specific staff educational crisis intervention",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2007",
author="Cailhol, Lionel and Allen, Mike and Moncany, Anne-Helene and Cicotti, Andrei and Virgillito, Salvatore and Barbe, Remy P. and Lazignac, Coralie and Damsa, C.",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="42-44",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: In spite of much effort to create guidelines on the management of violent behavior (VB) in emergency departments, little is known about the impact of such guidelines on a real-life emergency environment. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a staff educational crisis intervention (SECI) on the reduction of VB in patients admitted to emergency departments following drug suicidal attempt. METHOD: The impact of a SECI on VB of patient consulting the ER following a drug suicide attempt was assessed by comparing the occurrence of VB before (5 months) and after (5 months) the introduction of a SECI. RESULTS: A significant reduction in VB (from 17.32% to 7.14%) was found with the comparison of two 5-month periods: before (254 patients) and after (224 patients) the introduction of a SECI program (chi(2)=11.238; P=.0008). CONCLUSION: These preliminary data suggest the need for further prospective randomized studies aiming to prevent VB in emergency departments by developing specific SECI programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.007"
}