Citation

Fetter JC. Prim. Care Companion CNS Disord. 2011; 13(5): ePub.

Affiliation

Concord Hospital and Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc, Concord, New Hampshire.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

10.4088/PCC.11br01144

PMID

22295257

PMCID

PMC3267498

Abstract

Available categorization systems for violence encountered in medical practice do not constitute optimal tools to guide management. In this article, 4 common patterns of violence across psychiatric diagnoses are described (defensive, dominance-defining, impulsive, and calculated) and management implications are considered. The phenomenologic and neurobiological rationale for a clinical classification system of violence is also presented.

Language: en