We've been reporting on the Napa State Hospital in California. Five years ago this week, an employee there was killed by a psychiatric patient. It's still a dangerous place. Steve Seager is a psychiatrist there.
STEVE SEAGER: Every time I leave the unit or go on the unit, it's like a little military exercise where I decide where I'm going to go, I watch every step, I look under my door before I open it.
CORNISH: Last year, 1,800 assaults took place on the campus of Napa State Hospital. So what can psychiatric hospitals do to make their facilities safer for patients and employees? And what's been successful? For an answer, we turn to Joel Dvoskin. He's a clinical psychologist. He consults with psychiatric hospitals around the country.
Welcome to the program.
JOEL DVOSKIN: Thank you for having me.
CORNISH: So I know you've also served as a monitor of federal court settlement agreements over psychiatric hospitals so you've seen a lot. What are some of the factors that the most troubled hospitals have in common?
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