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Prevention of aggression is key to its management

Charlie Callanan Freelance writer

Charlie callanan reports on a course in violence reduction that helps nurses do more than cope with the problem

BETWEEN 2008 and 2009 there were almost 55,000 reports of physical assaults on NHS staff working in England. More than 70 per cent of these assaults were said to have occurred in mental health and learning disability settings.

Mental Health Practice. 14, 2, 6-7. doi: 10.7748/mhp.14.2.6.s8

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01 October 2010 / Vol 14 issue 2

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