Individual Rather Than Situational Characteristics Predict Violence in a Maximum Security Hospital

摘要: Assaults on staff in a maximum security psychiatric hospital were analyzed over 6.5-year period. During that time, 94 patients admitted to the unit. Fifty-two (55%) of engaged assaultive behavior, generating 1,945 incident reports. A small number was responsible for large share incidents. Serious incidents rare. Incidents evenly distributed throughout day, week, and year. Patients who attacked less often caused more serious harm, showed decrease assaults preceding events suggested violence functional. For patients, it difficult identify event, identified seemed unreasonable, frequency assault constant time. Assaultive women, had positive borderline symptoms, younger, scored lower psychopathy depressive symptoms.