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Aggression in Psych Hospitalization - Calegaro et al.
The main limitation of this study was its relatively
small sample, the consequent heterogeneity of its
sample and the small proportion of the most severe
types of aggression. Self-aggression was observed in
patients with more severe pathologies, but, in most
studies, physical aggression is the most serious form
of aggression. Therefore, the proportion of severely
disorganized patients in the self-aggressive group may
be coincidental, rather than a constant in psychiatric
emergency services