Introduction On psychiatric wards, aggressive behaviour displayed by patients is common
and problematic. Understanding factors associated with the development of aggression …

Background Violence in acute psychiatric wards affects the safety of other patients and the
effectiveness of treatment. However, there is a wide variation in reported rates of violence in …

The discourse of safety has informed the care of individuals with mental illness through
institutionalization and into modern psychiatric nursing practices. Confinement arose from …

Although fairly frequent in psychiatric in-patient, episodes of aggression/violence are mainly
limited to verbal aggression, but the level of general health is significantly lower in nurses …

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 …

Background Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in
psychiatric inpatient wards is a serious occupational issue that involves both staff and …

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 …

Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

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 …

Objectives: To identify the prevalence, causes, types, and sources of workplace violence
among health professionals in public hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods …