The article describes a conceptual model proposing that aggression in psychiatric facilities
may be reduced by designing the physical environment with ten evidence-grounded stress …

Objective: Research of the determinants of inpatient aggression indicates that certain
environmental hospital variables play a role in triggering aggression in psychiatric hospitals …

The objective of the study was to compare development in symptoms, behaviours, treatment
and patient satisfaction of a traditional interior and an interior furnished like an ordinary …

Conducted extensive physical remodeling of a psychiatric admissions ward to investigate
the relationship between ward design and patient behavior. An identical but unchanged …

Papadopoulos C, Ross J, Stewart D, Dack C, James K, Bowers L. The antecedents of
violence and aggression within psychiatric in‐patient settings. Objective: To systematically …

BackgroundThe physical environment is presumed to have an effect on aggression and also
on the use of seclusion on psychiatric wards. Multicentre studies that include a broad variety …

The number of aggressive incidents committed by patients in (secure) mental health care is
high. The present study examined the relation between institutional climate (support, growth …

Accessible summary• Violence prevention and management is an important part of inpatient
psychiatric nursing because both patients and staff need to feel safe and secure.• The …

Accessible summary In the previous paper we described a model explaining differences in
rates of conflict and containment between wards, grouping causal factors into six domains …

Aggressive behavior and violence in psychiatric patients have often been quoted to justify
more restrictive settings in psychiatric facilities. However, the effects of open vs. locked door …