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Systemic perspective of violence and aggression in mental health care: Towards a more comprehensive understanding and conceptualization: Part 1.
- Source :
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing . Dec2013, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p558-567. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Aggression and violence ( A/V) in mental health care are all too frequent occurrences; they produce a wide range of deleterious impacts on the individual client, staff, organizations, and the broader community. A/V is a multifaceted and highly-complex problem, and is associated empirically with a wide range of phenomena. However, most attempts to reduce A/V in mental health care have invariably focused on one or two aspects of the problem at the expense of a more comprehensive, systemic approach; these have produced inconclusive results. As a result, this two-part paper seeks to: (i) recognize the wide range of phenomena that have been found to have an association with A/V in mental health care; (ii) synthesize these propositions according to fit or congruence into a systemic model of A/V; (iii) explore empirical evidence pertaining to these propositions; and (iv) begin to consider the application of this model to better inform our individual and/or organizational responses to A/V in mental health care. The paper advances a systemic model of these phenomena comprised of four thematic categories, with Part 1 of this paper focusing on the first two categories: environmental and intrapersonal (client-related) phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14458330
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104141735
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12029