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Abstract
The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) is a voluntary, system-wide, peer-help, crisis intervention program to address the psychological sequelae in staff victims of patient assaults. It has been associated with cost-effective, quality support services to staff victims of patient assaults and declines in assaults facility-wide in several facilities, after an ASAP was fielded. ASAP's functions and service provisions have been reported in previous 5-year intervals. The present paper reports on its most recent 5-year interval as ASAP complete its 25th year of service. The 5-year summary and the basic strengths and limitations of the program over this 25 year period are examined.Entities:
Keywords: ASAP; Assaulted Staff Action Program; Crisis intervention; Patient assaults; Staff victims
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26055503 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9379-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Q ISSN: 0033-2720