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 potential association between psychosis and violence to others has long been debated.
Past research findings are mixed and appear to depend on numerous potential moderators …

Objective To combine the results of earlier comparison studies of in‐patient aggression to
quantitatively assess the strength of the association between patient factors and i) …

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 …

Studies of birth cohorts show evidence of greater risk of violence among patients with
schizophrenia compared to the general population. However, the contribution of …

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 …

Objective: Research on the prevalence and causes of in‐patient aggression has been
hindered by the use of different methods for measuring aggression. Since Palmstierna and …