@article{ref1,
title="Violent behavior in schizophrenic inpatients",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="1987",
author="Karson, C. and Bigelow, L. B.",
volume="175",
number="3",
pages="161-164",
abstract="We undertook a retrospective survey of assaultive behavior in 140 psychiatric inpatient research volunteers who had not previously responded well to neuroleptic treatment. Forty-one of 97 patients with schizophrenia became assaultive during their hospitalization, whereas only four of 43 patients with other diagnoses became assaultive (p less than .0001). Most assaults were not a significant threat to the attacked person, but a small number were highly dangerous. Assaultive patients were significantly younger, and a greater proportion had a previous history of violence, compared with nonassaultive patients. A previous history of violent behavior was linked to more previous hospitalizations, indicating that such behavior might be associated with a poor prognosis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}