Managing risks of violence in a youth mental health service: a service model description
journal contribution
posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00authored byR Purcell, R Fraser, C Greenwood-Smith, Gennady Baksheev, J McCarthy, D Reid, A Lemphers, D Sullivan
There is a significant relationship between experiencing a severe mental illness, particularly psychosis, and exhibiting violent or offending behaviour. Reducing, if not preventing, the risks of violence among patients of mental health services is clinically warranted, but models to address this are limited