Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 121-127 , March 2005

Predictors of aggression on the psychiatric inpatient service

  • Mark R. Serper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hauser Hall, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA. Tel.: +1 516 463 5837; fax: +1 516 463 6052.
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  • Brett R. Goldberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
    • ,
  • Kristine G. Herman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
    • ,
  • Danielle Richarme

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
    • ,
  • James Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Charles A. Dill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Cancro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.031

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 121-127 , March 2005

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