Pharmacological Approaches for Managing Inpatient Aggression

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Despite the high prevalence of use, evidence for the efficacy of the pharmacological management of aggressive inpatient behaviour is currently lacking. As such, when psychiatric emergencies occur and medications become necessary, medication should be as non-traumatic and non-coercive as possible and client preference should guide choice of type and route of administration of medication. A broad range of pharmacological approaches to manage psychiatric inpatient aggression has been investigated and are described in this chapter. We briefly summarise pertinent systematic reviews and guidelines and recommend general approaches to manage inpatient aggression based on these. Behavioural and pharmacological management of aggression on psychiatric wards ideally involves patients as partners as early in the process as possible.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Mistler, L. Baker, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-9875 Mihai, A.
Editors:	Hallet, N. Whittington, R. Richter, D. Eneje, E.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2024. This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
Dates:	Published: 19 December 2024 Published (online): 18 December 2024 Accepted: 23 October 2024
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Mental Health (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2025 10:17
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2025 10:17
Published Version:	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Nature
Identification Number:	10.1007/978-3-031-61224-4_16
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221173

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