An investigation into patients perceptions of contributing factors towards their aggressive and violent behaviour after admission to a mental health facility
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Date
2006
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Aggressive and violent behaviour in inpatient mental health facilities is found worldwide and is a frequent and serious clinical and nursing care problem. Despite the importance of international research findings and recommendations, it appears that patients perceptions of the possible contributing factors toward aggressive and violent behaviour in mental health facilities is an area of enquiry that has not been widely explored in South Africa in general, or in the Western Cape, in particular. It is against this background that this study endeavoured to investigate the external and situational contributing to patients aggressive and violent behaviour in mental health facilities in Cape Town, as seen from patients perspectives.
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Violence in psychiatric hospitals - South Africa, Western Cape, Psychotherapy patients, Institutional care - South Africa