Serious Assaults by Outpatients or Former Patients
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 40 (4) , 594-600
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.4.594
Abstract
Psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and family practitioners very rarely receive serious injuries from assaults by their outpatients or former patients. The rate of significant assault is comparable to that for nonpatent assault (e.g., mugging). No relationship between clinical experience and being an assault victim could be established.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: