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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 42, 2008 - Issue 4
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Adverse incidents in acute psychiatric inpatient units: rates, correlates and pressures

Vaughan J. Carr Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Terry J. Lewin Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Ketrina A. Sly Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Agatha M. Conrad Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Srinivasan Tirupati Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Martin Cohen Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (CBMHR), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia; Hunter New England Mental Health, PO Box 833, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia; Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI), Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Philip B. Ward School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Schizophrenia Research Unit (Liverpool Hospital), Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
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Tim Coombs Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network, NSW Institute of Psychiatry, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
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Pages 267-282 | Received 25 Nov 2007, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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Agatha Conrad, Megha Mulchandani, Anoop Sankaranarayanan & Terry J. Lewin. (2014) Inpatient aggression by mentally ill offenders: a retrospective case-control study. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 25:4, pages 464-479.
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