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Patient Assaults on Psychiatry Residents: Results of a National Survey

Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio

Steven B. Taylor

United States Air Force

George A. Gaither

Department of Psychological Science at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana

Job-related trauma is an area of increasing concern for all mental health professionals. Through a survey to directors of US psychiatry training programs (N = 189), we explored the prevalence of patient-related assaults on residents. During the 2-year study period, the mean number of patient assaults on residents per responding program (n = 61) was 1.26 (SD = 1.8). Most commonly, male rather than female patients were the assaulters. No psychiatric residents left programs or died as a consequence of patient assaults. Patient assaults on psychiatry residents are apparently not an infrequent event during the course of training.

Key Words: Psychiatry training programs • patient-related assaults • psychiatry residents

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