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
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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Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health