Introduction On psychiatric wards, aggressive behaviour displayed by patients is common
and problematic. Understanding factors associated with the development of aggression …

BACKGROUND: Violence towards others is a recognised complication of first-episode
psychosis. AIMS: To estimate the rate of violence and the associations with violence in first …

Importance Psychotic persons who are violent often explain their violence as being due to
delusions. However, research has failed to confirm associations between delusions and …

Aggressive behavior in patients with psychiatric disorders is attracting increasing research
interest. One reason for this is that psychiatric patients are generally considered more likely …

Although fairly frequent in psychiatric in-patient, episodes of aggression/violence are mainly
limited to verbal aggression, but the level of general health is significantly lower in nurses …

Reducing the risk of violent and aggressive behaviour in patients with schizophrenia
remains a clinical priority. There is emerging evidence to suggest that the second …

Background Aggressive behaviours represent major obstacles to the integration into society
of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and pose significant management issues for …

The observation that almost half of the homicides committed by people with a psychotic
illness occur before initial treatment suggests an increased risk of homicide during the first …

The burgeoning interest in investigating the first episode of schizophrenia and related
disorders provides an opportunity to examine how this approach has assisted our …

Studies of birth cohorts show evidence of greater risk of violence among patients with
schizophrenia compared to the general population. However, the contribution of …