Characteristics of violence and aggression in patients with schizophrenia in Hospital Kota Bharu

Perlakuan ganas dan aggressif individu-individu yang mengidap sakit mental yang serius telah menjadi fokus yang penting dalam rawatan psikiatri berteraskan komuniti. Kebelakangan ini penemuan telah mendapati adanya kaitan antara penyakit mental dan perlakuan ganas terutamanya bagi pesakit yang menghidapi schizophrenia. Terdapat beberapa faktor perlakuan ganas yang penting untuk tujuan "risk management" dan usaha pemulihan yang efektifpesakit-pesakit berkenaan. Violent behaviour among individuals with severe mental illness has become an important focus in community-based psychiatry. In recent years more findings have found an association between mental illness and violent behaviour especially in patients with schizophrenia. There are a few risk factors to violence behaviour that are important towards risk management and effective rehabilitation management of such patients