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A list of violent disorders ( editing)
Category: Uncategorized
This is to help come up with what a patient may have. Note: there are different methods to calm patients and to keep them in line. The key for staff is to keep patients from hurting self or others as well as helping them be able to get back into society. Patient deemed unworthy or unfixable shall remain in the institute.
- Personality Disorders, such as Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
- ASPD is characterized by a disregard for others and societal norms, according to MedlinePlus. Aggression is often a manipulative tool or a result of lacking empathy.
- BPD involves difficulty regulating emotions, which can lead to impulsive behaviors and aggressive outbursts, particularly in response to feeling abandoned or rejected.
- Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs): These disorders are marked by the inability to resist powerful, sometimes harmful urges.
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is directly characterized by recurrent outbursts of verbal or physical aggression that are out of proportion to the trigger.
- Conduct Disorder (CD), diagnosed in children and adolescents, involves persistent behaviors that violate the rights of others or societal norms, including aggression, property destruction, and deceitfulness.
- Psychotic Disorders, such as schizophrenia: While the link is often overblown, some individuals with active psychotic symptoms, particularly persecutory delusions or command hallucinations, may pose an increased risk of violence.
- Substance Use Disorders (SUDs): Alcohol and drug abuse can lower inhibitions and impair judgment, significantly increasing the risk of violence, particularly when combined with a co-occurring mental illness.
- Bipolar Disorder, especially during manic phases, can involve grandiosity, impulsivity, and increased energy, which may be associated with aggression or violence.
- Other Potential Links:
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), often seen in children, involves a pattern of angry, irritable mood, defiant behavior, and vindictiveness.
- Aggression can be a symptom of conditions like Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), autism, and depression, often stemming from frustration or difficulty with emotional regulation.
- Brain injuries, infections, tumors, and certain neurological conditions (like Huntington's or Wilson's disease) can also manifest with irritability or aggression.
Important considerations - Risk Factors: The presence of a mental illness is just one factor among many that can contribute to violence. Others include a history of prior violence, substance abuse, childhood trauma, and socioeconomic factors like poverty and unsafe neighborhoods.
- Treatment: Effective treatment for mental illness, including therapy and medication, can significantly reduce the risk of violence.
- Stigma: The perceived link between mental illness and violence often reinforces harmful stereotypes and stigma.
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