Citation

Buckley P, Citrome L, Nichita C, Vitacco M. Schizophr. Bull. 2011; 37(5): 930-936.

Affiliation

*To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 706-721-2331, fax: 706-721-7035, e-mail: pbuckley@georgiahealth.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/schbul/sbr104

PMID

21860038

PMCID

PMC3160216

Abstract

The management of aggression in patients with schizophrenia is a complex and challenging clinical dilemma. It also is greatly influenced by prevailing societal and medicolegal considerations regarding the perceived associations between violence and mental illness. This article provides a succinct account of a complex area and offers evidence for available treatments to reduce the occurrence of violent behavior among patients with schizophrenia.

Language: en