Patient aggression in clinical psychiatry: perceptions of mental health nurses.

@article{Jonker2008PatientAI,
  title={Patient aggression in clinical psychiatry: perceptions of mental health nurses.},
  author={Elizabeth Catharina Johanna Jonker and Peter J J Goossens and Ingrid Hendrika Margaretha Steenhuis and Nico E. Oud},
  journal={Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing},
  year={2008},
  volume={15 6},
  pages={
          492-9
        }
}
  • E. Jonker, P. Goossens, +1 author N. Oud
  • Published 1 August 2008
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Mental health nurses are faced with an increasing number of aggressive incidents during their daily practice. The coercive intervention of seclusion is often used to manage patient aggression in the Netherlands. However, GGZ Nederland, the Dutch association of service providers for mental health and addition care, has initiated a project to decrease the number of seclusions in clinical psychiatry. A first step in this project is to gain insight into the current situation: the perceived… 
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