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01.08.2011 | Original Paper

Assessing Aggression Risks in Patients of the Ambulatory Mental Health Crisis Team

verfasst von: Berry Penterman, Henk Nijman

Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal | Ausgabe 4/2011

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Abstract

During outreaching crisis visits, crisis team members run the risk of being confronted with aggressive behavior from their patients. To prevent dangerous situations, a method to assess risks in advance, on the basis of information received before the visit to the patient in crisis, could prove useful. During a two-year period, crisis team members completed a checklist before visiting patients in psychiatric crises. After each crisis visit, if there had been any aggression, this was recorded by means of the SOAS-R. In 51 of 499 crisis visits (10%) aggression was documented. The results indicate that the predictive validity of the presented checklist for occurrences of aggression may be fair-to-good. Use of the checklist in everyday crisis team practice seems recommendable as it structures the way risks are assessed before entering a potentially dangerous situation.

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Titel: Assessing Aggression Risks in Patients of the Ambulatory Mental Health Crisis Team
verfasst von: Berry Penterman
Henk Nijman
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal / Ausgabe 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9348-7

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