TY - JOUR PY - 1993// TI - Assessment of potential violence in the paranoid worker JO - Journal of Occupational Medicine A1 - Boxer, P. A. SP - 127 EP - 131 VL - 35 IS - 2 N2 - Violence in the workplace is sometimes a manifestation of an untreated psychiatric disorder. Paranoid personality disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and delusional (paranoid) disorder are three psychiatric syndromes in which paranoid ideation is a prominent feature. While the vast majority of people with these conditions are not violent, paranoid workers can exhibit violent behavior as a reaction to beliefs that co-workers or supervisors are threatening or persecuting them. Three cases are described to illustrate the clinical presentation of these disorders and their management in an occupational setting.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0096-1736 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -