TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Crowding and violence on psychiatric wards: explanatory models
JO  - Canadian journal of psychiatry, The
A1  - Kumar, S.
A1  - Ng, B.
SP  - 433
EP  - 437
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Violence is widely prevalent on acute-care psychiatric wards, and crowding has been identified as a major risk factor. This paper explores why patients may respond to crowding with violence. METHOD: We carried out a literature review on Medline, using the key words "violence" and "crowding." We conducted an additional hand search of the references collected from the reviewed papers. RESULTS: Factors specific to the relation between crowding on acute-care inpatient psychiatric wards and violence can be divided under the following headings: 1) patient density, privacy, and control; 2) ward architecture; 3) the social organization of psychiatric wards; 4) interpersonal space; 5) phylogenic theories; and 6) anthropological theories of human behaviour. CONCLUSIONS: We offer explanatory models for this relation and suggest strategies to counter the effects of crowding. Recommendations are made for future studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0706-7437
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -