Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-96). / Aggression is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by a range of factors including individual patient factors, social-interactive factors and envirnmental factors. Many studies have tried and failed to demonstrate that changes such as physical environmental change, intensive case management, increased staff training or skills reduce the levele of violence, as captures by number of incidents accuring in in-patient units.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/12578 |
Date | January 2008 |
Creators | Van den Berg, Marietta |
Contributors | Macallaghan, J, Baumann, S, Bosma, Coos |
Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MMed |
Format | application/pdf |
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