TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Stalking, harassment and aggressive/intrusive behaviours towards general practitioners: (2) associated factors, motivation, mental illness and effects on GPs
JO  - Journal of forensic psychiatry and psychology
A1  - Wooster, Leah
A1  - James, David V.
A1  - Farnham, Frank R.
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - Seventy per cent of general practitioners (GPs) were found in an earlier study to have been subject to aggressive/intrusive behaviours by patients, with nearly 20% stalked and 20% harassed. Using the same sample, an exploration was undertaken of patterns of behaviour, patient characteristics, including mental illness and motivation, GP characteristics, and effects upon them of aggression/intrusion. There were significant differences in patterns of behaviour between stalking and harassment. Nearly half the patients involved were suspected to be mentally ill, including 54.5% of stalking cases. Stalking was significantly associated with intimacy-seeking motivation, and harassment with resentful motivation. No significant associations emerged between sex of patients or GPs and aggressive/intrusive behaviours. Measures of GP time-at-risk were associated with higher prevalence of individual behaviours. GPs' responses to aggressive/intrusive behaviours included increasing security and changing routines, with small minorities afraid to go out or be at home alone, and a proportion experiencing adverse effects on personal relationships.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1478-9949
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2015.1094118
ID  - ref1
ER  -