Results indicated that male staff were no more likely than female staff to have been physically or sexually assaulted by a patient. However, women were more likely than men to have been verbally or physically threatened. Females also reported more experiences in which a patient made a sexual threat to them. Participants were recruited from a midwestern State psychiatric facility with forensic, long-term, and acute care units, and a community-based dual-diagnosis treatment facility. This included staff of all types: clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, master’s –level therapists, psychiatric technicians, and case managers. Out of 103 eligible staff at the outpatient and residential dual-diagnosis community mental health programs, 39 percent completed the survey packet. At the State hospital programs, 40 percent out of 225 completed the survey packet. This resulted in a sample with a total of 51 male staff (40 percent) and 78 female (60 percent). A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted to compare how men and women reported experiencing physical threats, sexual threats, and number of assaults while controlling for these differences. Tables, references