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3804238

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
A survey of five public hospitals yielded nine cases in which staff pressed charges against patients who assaulted them. Examining the effects of prosecution on the patients, the legal system, and the staff, the authors found that two patients benefited, three showed little or no change, and four were lost to follow-up. The legal system was responsive to the request to prosecute, although sometimes reluctantly, in six cases, but uncooperative in the rest. In five of the cases, staff were satisfied with the outcome of the legal intervention, even though it benefited only two of those patients. Among the authors' recommendations for dealing with assaults are to use appropriate clinical measures first, address any systems problems that an assault suggests, and, because prosecution may alienate patients from the treatment system, obtain consultation from a psychiatrist outside the patient's care system before proceeding.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
The prosecution of psychiatric patients for assaults on staff: a preliminary empirical study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports