ABSTRACT Patient violence in mental health care settings is daunting and stressful, as well as increasingly burdensome for professionals in low/middle income countries, specifcally Africa. Patient violence has contributed to increased work hazards for health care professionals and may lead to patients being sedated or restrained, potentially resulting in injury to either the patient or provider. The current study assessed Nigerian psychiatric–mental health nurses’ current practices of violence management in a hospital in Southwest Nigeria. A qualitative approach, specif- cally focus group discussion, was used. Results of the study show that patients and providers are prone to maltreatment. Professionals desire involvement of armed military ofcials to combat acts of violence by psychiatric patients who take advantage of nurses’ gender, inexperience, or being lonely on duty, as well as the time of day, to attack nurses. Professionals have reportedly died in the process of violence management. Intervention studies on violence management in African mental health care settings are a priority for future research. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56(11), 37-45.] Violence Management in a Nigerian Psychiatric Facility Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurses’ Current Practices and Their Effectiveness Oyeyemi Olajumoke Oyelade, MN, BSN, RN, RPN, RPHN; and Emmanuel Olufemi Ayandiran, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, RPHN V iolence, the use of extreme force with intention to inflict physical or psychological injury (Large & Nielssen, 2011; World Health Organization [WHO], 2002a), is a sig- nificant global problem in health care settings, particularly mental health set- tings (Child & Mentes, 2010; WHO, 2002b). Evidence from current research shows that nurses have the highest risk of being victims of violence; specifi- cally, nurses are three times more prone to violence than any other group of professionals (Anderson & West, 2011; Bader, Evans, & Welsh, 2014; Hahn et al., 2013; Mitchell, Ahmed, & Szabo, 2014; Pompeii et al., 2013; Steinman, 2013). Consequences of violence in- clude injury, psychosomatic symptoms, and death. International literature 37 JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING • VOL. 56, NO. 11, 2018 CNE Earn Contact Hours