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Table 8 Top priority areas for education in violence management (n = 999)

From: A descriptive survey study of violence management and priorities among psychiatric staff in mental health services, across seventeen european countries

Best practice in managing violence & aggression

220

11%

Preventing violence

218

11%

Aetiology, triggers for violence & aggression

182

9%

Environment & staff influence on violence & aggression

150

8%

Risk Assessment

117

6%

Strategic Management of violence

99

6%

staff in-service training and effectiveness

92

5%

staff attitudes to violence and coping skills

92

5%

De-escalation and Breakaway

84

4%

Incidence/prevalence/statistics

72

4%

Staffing and skill mix

63

3%

Pharmacotherapy

61

3%

Service user experience/involvement

56

3%

Substance abuse and violence

65

3%

Effects of violence on staff/clients

44

2%

Debriefing and aftermath of violence

50

2%

Staff-Patient relationships

42

2%

Diagnosis and violence

33

2%

Other: Communication; teamwork; legislation and policy; economics costs; ethics and rights; ethnicity; elderly and children aggression, safety and security, mechanical restraint, managing violence in community care

150

8%

Non category/unclear

64

3%

Total

1954

100%