Aggression on the psychiatric ward: Prevalence and risk factors. A systematic review of the literature

Irene Weltens; Maarten Bak; Simone Verhagen; Emma Vandenberk; Patrick Domen; Thérèse van Amelsvoort; Marjan Drukker

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258346

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Aggression on the psychiatric ward: Prevalence and risk factors. A systematic review of the literature

Irene Weltens ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: irene.weltens@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2559-0919

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Maarten Bak,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Mondriaan Mental Health Institute, Maastricht / Heerlen, The Netherlands
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Simone Verhagen,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Mondriaan Mental Health Institute, Maastricht / Heerlen, The Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-6994

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Emma Vandenberk,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Patrick Domen,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Mondriaan Mental Health Institute, Maastricht / Heerlen, The Netherlands
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Thérèse van Amelsvoort,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Mondriaan Mental Health Institute, Maastricht / Heerlen, The Netherlands
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Marjan Drukker

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Aggression on the psychiatric ward: Prevalence and risk factors. A systematic review of the literature

Irene Weltens,
Maarten Bak,
Simone Verhagen,
Emma Vandenberk,
Patrick Domen,
Thérèse van Amelsvoort,
Marjan Drukker

Published: October 8, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258346

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