Schizophrenia and aggression - are they correlated? Psychological study on the sample of mentally disordered patients in Poland

• In Event: Mental Health and Crime

Abstract

As presented by scientific studies, the probability of aggressive behavior in people with mental disorders compared to healthy people is usually higher than among healthy people. Given the social harmfulness of the acts committed by people with schizophrenia, a thorough analysis of their determinants is desirable.
The oral presentation will present the results of research conducted by a team from the Department of Forensic Psychiatry of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, Poland on the psychological determinants of aggressive behavior of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The analysis includes selected demographic characteristics, personality traits, as well as the level and type of aggression presented, taking into account previously engaged in violent behavior.
The presented study includes the results of research conducted on patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, interned in the medium security ward at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as patients of general psychiatric wards (with and without a dual diagnosis).

Authors

• Inga Markiewicz, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Forensic Psychiatry

• Grzegorz Kudlak, University of Warsaw, Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation

• Przemyslaw Cynkier, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Forensic Psychiatry