TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Patient assaults on psychiatry residents: results of a national survey
JO  - Traumatology
A1  - Sansone, Randy A.
A1  - Taylor, Steven B.
A1  - Gaither, George A.
SP  - 211
EP  - 214
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
N2  - Job-related trauma is an area of increasing concern for all mental health professionals. Through a survey to directors of US psychiatry training programs (N = 189), we explored the prevalence of patient-related assaults on residents. During the 2-year study period, the mean number of patient assaults on residents per responding program (n = 61) was 1.26 (SD = 1.8). Most commonly, male rather than female patients were the assaulters. No psychiatric residents left programs or died as a consequence of patient assaults. Patient assaults on psychiatry residents are apparently not an infrequent event during the course of training.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-7656
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/153476560200800404
ID  - ref1
ER  -