TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1976//
TI  - Assault on the therapist
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Whitman, R. M.
A1  - Armao, B. B.
A1  - Dent, O. B.
SP  - 426
EP  - 429
VL  - 133
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors conducted a questionnaire survey among psychotherapists in psychiatry, psychology and social work to determine how many patients posed a threat to others or to the therapist and how many actually assaulted the therapist. They found that 9.2% of all patients seen by 101 therapists in one year presented a threat to others, 1.9% posed a physical threat to the therapist, and .63% actually assaulted the therapist. The authors conclude that attacks on a therapist are infrequent but almost inevitable and suggest the development of techniques for coping with assaultive patients that therapists can use in crisis situations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -