Assessment of violent behavior among patients with psychiatric disorders in psychiatric hospitals

Abstract EN

Mental illness, for most people is associated with severe behavioral disturbances such as violence.

The problem of violence and aggressive behavior among patients with psychiatric disorders needs careful assessment.

This study aimed to identify the violence behavior of psychiatric patients.

Who admitted to Al-Rashad and Ibn-Rushed psychiatric hospitals.

The study included 100 male & female patients who were purposely selected from Al-Rashad and Ibn-Rushed Psychiatric Hospitals.

These patients were suffering from violence behavior.

A questionnaire was especially designed by the investigator, the data collected from the nurses or responsible person by individual meeting, the relatives and the patients chart.

The results revealed that 64 % of the samples were male patients and they are at age group 26-37 years old.

Most of them suffer from schizophrenia 42 % and 28 % they suffer from verbal assault.

The main recommendations were educate the family and the nurses about the violence behavior and how to deal with them to change their behavior during hospitalization and in the community.