TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Assessing Aggression Risks in Patients of the Ambulatory Mental Health Crisis Team
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Penterman, Berry
A1  - Nijman, Henk
SP  - 463
EP  - 471
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
N2  - During outreaching crisis visits, crisis team members run the risk of being confronted with aggressive behavior from their patients. To prevent dangerous situations, a method to assess risks in advance, on the basis of information received before the visit to the patient in crisis, could prove useful. During a two-year period, crisis team members completed a checklist before visiting patients in psychiatric crises. After each crisis visit, if there had been any aggression, this was recorded by means of the SOAS-R. In 51 of 499 crisis visits (10%) aggression was documented. The results indicate that the predictive validity of the presented checklist for occurrences of aggression may be fair-to-good. Use of the checklist in everyday crisis team practice seems recommendable as it structures the way risks are assessed before entering a potentially dangerous situation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9348-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -