Publications [#205167] of David J. Madden

Papers Published

1. DJ Madden, JR Lion, MW Penna (1976). Assaults on psychiatrists by patients.. The American journal of psychiatry, 133(4), 422-5.
   (last updated on 2012/05/16)

   Abstract:
   The authors describe the results of a survey of 115 psychiatrists regarding assaults by patients. Forty-eight psychiatrists stated that they had been assaulted; a total of 68 assaults was reported. Psychiatrists were most often assaulted in the early stages of their career or while they were working in high-risk settings such as prisons or emergency rooms. Many reported retrospectively that they might have had a role in provoking the assault and that they could have anticipated it. The authors believe that psychiatrists avoid dealing with the issue of violence by patients for a variety of reasons, and they recommend that clinicians learn techniques for managing potentially assaultive patients.