Psychotic symptoms and violence toward others : a literature review of some preliminary findings; part one, delusions

Author:
BJORKLY Stal
Journal article citation:
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7(6), November 2002, pp.616-631.
Publisher:
Elsevier

The main scope of this article is to delineate some findings from a review of the literature concerning the possible impact of delusions on violence toward others by psychiatric patients. According to this review, studies on a possible association between delusions and increased risk of violence are scarce, but steadily growing, and have shown some interesting results. However, since delusions are also common in nonviolent psychiatric patients, there is emerging evidence that our attention should be directed to specific hallmarks of delusions that indicate an increased risk of violence.

Subject terms:
literature reviews, mental health problems, psychiatry, risk, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, violence, assessment, conduct disorders, emotions;
Content type:
research review
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN print:
1359-1789

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