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Identification and description of adults with mental handicaps showing physically aggressive behaviours
- Author:
- REED Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 3(2), 1990, pp.126-136.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Proposes that, for the purposes of planning for future service provision and resource allocation, the identification of people whose physical aggression is likely to present challenges to those with whom they live and work should also consider the influence of additional factors, such as predictability, emotional arousal, and topographic differences. These may be important variables in staff perceptions and management of physically aggressive behaviour.
Gender differences in assault levels in a health service unit for people with learning disabilities and severely challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- MURRAY G.C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.144-147.
This study examines gender differences and levels of threatened, attempted and actual assaults on staff working in a health service in-patient unit for individuals with learning disabilities over a 35 month period. It was found that the staff experienced high levels of assault overall, but that women experienced significantly higher levels of both threatened and total assaults as compared with men. Implications of the findings are discussed.
The reduction of aggression in people with learning difficulties: a review of psychological methods
- Author:
- WHITAKER Simon
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 32(1), February 1993, pp.1-37.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews the literature on the reduction of aggression in people with learning difficulties and finds that methods used were predominantly evaluated in staffed settings and with target behaviours more frequent than once a day, in contrast to the findings of a recent survey which found that the majority of aggressive individuals are living in the community and show aggression less than once a day. Argues that it may be necessary to develop and evaluate a new technology for reducing aggression.
The laying on of hands: nursing staff talk about physical restraint
- Author:
- EDWARDS R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.136-143.
'Care and responsibility', previously labelled 'Control and Restraint' is a nationally recognized approach to physical restraint. This study explores how nursing staff, who work with people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges services, evaluate the method. Whilst there has been considerable debate in the literature concerning physical restraint methods there is no consensus about the appropriateness of different approaches. Peculiarly, the opinions of the staff are at the periphery, or worse still, absent from the arena. In this qualitative project, this issue is addressed by using intensive, semi-structured interviews to probe the views of participants. The interviewees discussed a range of topics and identified a number of main themes.