Creating work environments that are violence free.

Workplace violence is a global phenomenon with recent research demonstrating that the incidence of violence is high and increasing, particularly in health-care settings. The current study reported the prevalence of workplace violence in nursing and examined the impact of it on nurses' work life and health based on a national Canadian survey. Results demonstrated that workplace violence significantly increases the likelihood of nurses' absenteeism, job dissatisfaction and poor physical and mental health, and can negatively impact quality of nursing care.

The use of electronic monitoring (MEMS) to evaluate antipsychotic compliance in outpatients with schizophrenia.

Compliance with antipsychotic treatment is a well-recognized concern in the ongoing management of individuals with schizophrenia. The present investigation incorporated the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) to evaluate compliance in a group of outpatients (N=52) with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Evaluating compliance as a dichotomous variable and using a threshold of 80%, the rate of noncompliance as measured by MEMS was 52%, considerably higher than self-report (3%), clinician rating (24%) and pill count (25%).