Violence and aggression against staff in mental health work: Consequences and effective management

Brian Littlechild

Violence and aggression against staff in mental health work: Consequences and effective management

Brian Littlechild

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Abstract

This paper examines the consequences of violence from mental health service users/patients on workers,
service users themselves, and others in their formal and informal networks, and addresses how best to
respond to workers and service users after such incidents. It also examines how best to involve service
users and staff in systems to identify triggers, and ways forward in individual situations and in systems
approaches in mental health settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry
Editors	Patrick Callaghan
Place of Publication	The Netherlands
Publisher	Kavanah, Dwingeloo
Pages	96-99
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-90-574-0144-2
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2015
Event	9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 22 Oct 2016 → 24 Oct 2016

Conference

Conference	9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	22/10/16 → 24/10/16

Keywords

service user involvement
Mental health
violence
aggression
risk assessment
staff support

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Littlechild, B 2015, Violence and aggression against staff in mental health work: Consequences and effective management. in P Callaghan (ed.), Proceedings of 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. Kavanah, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, pp. 96-99, 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22/10/16. <http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/Resources/Proceedings_9th_Violence_in_Clinical_Psychiatry_2015.pdf>

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