Prevalence of risk factors for aggressive behavior: characteristics of an involuntarily admitted population
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 78 (2) , 227-229
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06328.x
Abstract
In Vastmanland County, Sweden, 105 patients were acute admitted and involuntarily treated during a six-month period. In spite of a low mean age (39.2 years), abuse of alcohol or other drugs was common (29%). Thirty-nine percent of the patients showed violent behavior prior to the actual admission and 36% of the patients had shown such behavior prior to earlier admissions. Of the patients below 40 years, 32% had a disability pension.Keywords
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