TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Risk factors associated with inpatient violence during medium security treatment JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Jeandarme, Inge A1 - Wittouck, Ciska A1 - Vander Laenen, Freya A1 - Pouls, Claudia A1 - Oei, T. I. A1 - Bogaerts, Stefan SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Violence is a common phenomenon both in regular and forensic psychiatric settings, and has a profound impact on staff and other patients. Insight into the individual risk factors associated with violence in forensic psychiatric settings is rare and is therefore the subject of this research. A retrospective file study in three medium security units in Flanders was conducted to compare non-violent inpatients with inpatients who engaged in (verbal and physical) violent behavior. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine which variables contributed independently to the risk of violence. The results showed that absconding during treatment was independently associated with physical violence. A personality disorder diagnosis and general non-compliance with treatment were associated with verbal violence. Both types of violence predicted early termination of treatment. Contrary to previous research, the results from the risk assessment tools were not associated with inpatient violence. Clinical implications are discussed and include, among others, that clinicians should remain vigilant for early warning signs of non-compliance during treatment.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516670884 ID - ref1 ER -