CRM/LAW C149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antipsychotic, Clozapine, Environmental Factor
8 Aug 2016
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Violence against mental health service personnel is a serious workplace problem and one that appears to be increasing. This study aimed to ascertain the extent and nature of violence against mental health nurses and psychiatrists, and to identify what support, if any, they received following exposure to violence. Mental health staff working in the uk were surveyed using a postal questionnaire to investigate the extent and nature of violence they encountered in their daily work. Definition: displaying aggressive behavior, including spitting, scratching, deploying physical force, or using an object as a weapon, either to threaten or physically assault. Exposure to violence: though both group experienced violence at work, nurses were found: To have been exposed to violence significantly more during their career. To have been a victim of violence within the previous 12 months of the survey. To have suffered a violent incident involving physical contact. Both had been victims of violence from patients.
