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Self and other directed violence on a closed acute-care ward

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Violence to self and to others on a locked, acute-care unit is reported for a three-year period. Drug abuse correlated strongly with both types of violence. Self-violence appeared to be a more predictable event due to its diagnostic specificity, history of prior violence and timing of the episodes. Assaults occurred more randomly demonstrating only a mild association with schizophrenia, but not with other psychotic disorders.

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  1. the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

    Kathleen M. Myers M.D., M.P.H., M.S.

  2. the Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

    David L. Dunner M.D. (Chief of Psychiatry)

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Myers, K.M., Dunner, D.L. Self and other directed violence on a closed acute-care ward. Psych Quart 56, 178–188 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065009

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