VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR IN PYSCHIATRIC INPATIENTS |
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| Authors: | HRA PRABHU PS VALDIYA |
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| Affiliation: | *Classified Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Southern Command) PUNE – 411 040 (Maharashtra);+Senior Adviser (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Southern Command) PUNE – 411 040 (Maharashtra) |
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| Abstract: | A study of violent behaviour among psychiatric inpatients in a large general hospital is presented. Over the study period of one year a total of 36 incidents of violence involving 26 patients were recorded. Schizophrenia was the most common diagnosis among assailants. Fellow patients were the main victims. Incidence of serious violence was low. Most incidents occurred in the night hours, from inmates of acute wards and mostly without any provocation.KEY WORDS: Violent behaviour, Psychiatric patients |
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