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ggression is any form of behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment (Okasha 1990).
Aggressive behavior has been identified as a significant concern and occupational hazard in psychiatric inpatients settings; (Bellus et al 1999). Aggressive behavior was found in 2.7% during hospitalization, injuries to other persons were relatively more frequent in patients with mental retardation, dementia, and schizophrenia (Spiessl et al 1998).
75% of aggressive acts were verbal or physical threats while the remaining 25% were physical assaults directed at other persons, nursing staff were victims in about 90% of the incidents serious physical injury was extremely rare (B. Jorkly 1999). 100% of the nursing staff and 60.9% of the therapists (doctors, psychologists and social workers) had been physically assaulted by patients at least once during their careers; there were no significant differences in the number of assaults on male and female staff (Wynn et al 1998).
Assaultive behavior is a significant problem of health care workers; staff in all clinical areas needs to be prepared to deal with assaultive patients (Lehmann et al 1999).
Direct personal violence was more common among men; schizophrenia was most strongly associated with personal violence. More than 75% of those with psychosis were recorded, as being driven to offend by their delusions, in the absence of delusions, hallucinations had no such effect (Taylor et al 1998). Aggression was more common on the locked ward and among younger patients (Kho et al 1998). Violent behavior is most frequently observed in exacerbation of paranoid schizophrenia in young males particularly in cases with systematized delusions; the danger may be brought by criticism, refusal, and rejection, compulsory drug administration (Sidorowicz 1997).