Observational analysis study on the influence of the physical hospital environment on aggressive behaviour and the management thereof in an adult acute psychiatric admission unit

Master Thesis

2008

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Authors
Van den Berg, Marietta
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Macallaghan, J
Baumann, S
Bosma, Coos
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Aggression is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by a range of factors including individual patient factors, social-interactive factors and envirnmental factors. Many studies have tried and failed to demonstrate that changes such as physical environmental change, intensive case management, increased staff training or skills reduce the levele of violence, as captures by number of incidents accuring in in-patient units.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-96).

Keywords
Psychiatry

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Van den Berg, M. 2008. Observational analysis study on the influence of the physical hospital environment on aggressive behaviour and the management thereof in an adult acute psychiatric admission unit. University of Cape Town.

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