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Home › Part B: Responding to co-occurring conditions › B7: Managing and treating specific disorders › Other conditions › Aggressive, angry, or violent behaviour › Phases of aggression › Phase 3: Crisis
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        • Confusion, disorientation or delirium
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        • Aggressive, angry, or violent behaviour
          • Phases of aggression
            • Phase 1: Triggering event
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            • Phase 3: Crisis
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    Phase 3: Crisis

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    Phase 3 is the crisis phase, in which the client reacts with aggressive behaviour. The aggression can often be released indiscriminately, and it is best for workers to remove themselves and any clients during this stage unless the service has other policies on dealing with violence, aggression, self-defence and/or restraint.

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