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Violent Behavior in Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities: A National Survey in Italy
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 10/21/09
Biancosino B et al. – Violent behavior during hospitalization was a predictive factor for higher Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale scores and for lower Personal and Social Performance scale scores at discharge. Despite the low percentage of violent and hostile behavior observed in Italian acute inpatient units, this study shed light on a need for the careful assessment of clinical and treatment variables, and greater effort aimed at improving specific prevention and treatment programs of violent behavior.
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