2022
Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement
Chaffkin J, Barnes TA, Avila Quintero VJ, Flores JM, Lin E, Wasser T. Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement. Psychiatric Services 2022, 73: 768-773. PMID: 35172591, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitPsychiatric unitChronic mental illnessDegree of injuryClinical factorsRegression modelsCertain patientsCriminal justice involvementPsychotic symptomsAssaultive patientsPatient assaultsPatient encountersMental illnessPatientsHospital systemLarger quantitative studyPredictive variablesStaff reportsJustice involvementDescriptive statisticsStaffStaff decisionsMedicationsAdmissionInjuryAn Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients.
Wasser TD, Strockbine BA, Hauser LL, Mathew MA, Gay B, Smith HE, Dike CC. An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022, 50: 74-83. PMID: 35042737, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.210050-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForensic hospitalState forensic hospitalForensic hospital patientsForensic psychiatric patientsRisk assessment toolHospital patientsRestraint useHigh riskPsychiatric patientsHospital staffPatientsPatient advocatesPatient transportationSignificant riskForensic patientsHospital administratorsTool correlateHospitalRisk
2020
Violent Video Games in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals.
Wasser TD, Zhong R, Mufson J, Danzig A, Koka L, Kapoor R. Violent Video Games in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2020, 48: 521-529. PMID: 32675329, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.200004-20.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
How Do We Keep Our Residents Safe? An Educational Intervention
Wasser TD. How Do We Keep Our Residents Safe? An Educational Intervention. Academic Psychiatry 2014, 39: 94-98. PMID: 25098235, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-014-0212-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultHumansInternship and ResidencyOccupational HealthPhysiciansPsychiatrySafetyViolenceConceptsBrief educational interventionEducational interventionViolence riskFirst clinical interventionSecond-year psychiatry residentsVictims of assaultPsychiatry residentsPsychiatric interviewClinical interventionsCase vignettesViolence trainingObjectiveRecent evidenceInterventionSafety concernsMethodsThe subjectsClinical careViolent patientsAttentionVignettesPatientsNumber of residentsAssaultTrainingVictimsEvidence of concern