TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia: the role of psychopathology
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
A1  - Cheung, P.
A1  - Schweitzer, I.
A1  - Crowley, K.
A1  - Tuckwell, V.
SP  - 62
EP  - 67
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the psychopathological correlates of aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia. METHOD: Thirty-one aggressive patients in rehabilitation wards meeting DSM-III-R criteria for schizophrenia were compared with 31 matched non-aggressive patients in relation to their psychopathology using the Clinical Global Index (CGI), Positive and Negative Symptoms scale (PANSS) and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale. RESULTS: The aggressive group had significantly higher CGI, positive symptom, negative symptom, general psychopathology and total PANSS scores than the non-aggressive group. The two groups could be distinguished by three sets of symptoms: symptoms with verbal or/and physical aggression as part of their definition; symptoms suggesting frontal lobe impairment; and excitement. The two groups did not differ in their level of depressive symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The aggressive group were overall more ill than the non-aggressive group, and the former could be distinguished from the latter by certain aspects of their psychopathology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -