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Assessing psychiatric patients for violence.

Tanya R Anderson1, Carl C Bell, Traci E Powell

  • 1University of Illinois, Chicago 60608, USA. tanderson@psych.uic.edu

Community Mental Health Journal
|September 30, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Clinicians can better manage violent patients by understanding risk factors and early warning signs. This review offers a decision tree for evidence-based interventions, categorized by urgency, to aid in clinical practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Managing violent patients presents a significant challenge for healthcare professionals.
  • Effective strategies for prediction and prevention are crucial in clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current literature on managing violent patients in clinical settings.
  • To provide a practical, evidence-based decision tree for clinicians.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive review of existing literature on violence management.
  • Identification and categorization of risk factors and early warning signs.
  • Development of an intervention framework based on urgency (potential, imminent, emergent).

Main Results:

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  • Outlined dispositional, historical, contextual, and clinical risk factors for violence.
  • Detailed early warning signs to facilitate short-term prediction and prevention.
  • Highlighted special considerations for gender, age, and intellectual disability.

Conclusions:

  • A structured approach to managing violent patients is essential.
  • The developed decision tree serves as a practical clinical tool for evidence-based practice.
  • Professional training is underscored as vital for effective management.