Aggressive Behaviors due to Psychosis - Background and Significance

Aggressive Behaviors due to Psychosis - Background and Significance 
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Abstract
In most clinical settings, it is not correct to state that all patients diagnosed with psychotic episodes and mental illnesses are aggressive and violent. However, some patients with mental illnesses commit to violent acts due to their condition. A research was conducted where articles that were published between 1980 and 2019 were searched with specific keywords such as "schizophrenia," "aggression," "psychosis," and "violence." In the results, one article titled, article “Are patterns of violence and aggression at a presentation in patients with first-episode psychosis temporally stable? A comparison of 2 cohorts" was chosen. The article was published in 2019, and in comparison with the previous texts on the topic in the overall population, there is a significant escalation in aggression and assaults among patients with psychosis and schizophrenia. The review of the article has proven the importance of non-pharmacological methods of treatment on patients exhibiting violent acts due to psychoses and schizophrenia.
Introduction
The public believes that patients with mental illness are dangerous. This way, the fear of violence and the belief that they could cause injuries, permanent damages, and even death has led to the isolation and stigma of the patients. Nevertheless, an analysis of most psychiatric units has shown the existence and prevalence of violent and aggressive behavior among patients with psychotic episodes. The practice has placed healthcare personnel and other workers at considerable risk of the impacts of such acts. It is equally significant to stress the lack of adequate management of violent encounters and their tremendous implications on the health care services and communities. The chosen article outlines several methodological difficulties of the behaviors, including a poor definition of the challenges and lack of proper assessment tools that quantify the effects of violence in the context. The analysis of the article and the specific notion that violence, aggressive behavior, schizophrenia, and psychosis pose an unmitigated danger to the health care system is what led to the selection of the clinical problem. This paper seeks to examine the capacity of violence, aggressive behavior, schizophrenia, and psychosis and the underlying mechanisms of their management in a health care setting.
Assessment of the Phenomena
There are two classifications of aggressive behavior: impulsive and premeditated aggression. Impulsive aggression is triggered by environmental provocation and an abnormal response to a sudden or gradual change in the environment. This type of assault comprises a significant loss of control in behavior. On the other hand, intentional aggression is an organized act of aggression that is not spontaneous and does have agitation or loss of behavioral control. The definition of violence is offered by the MacArthur Community, which divides the act into two dependent upon its levels of severity: minor and significant force (Junginger, 2016). Premeditated violence is an act of violence characterized by mere and straightforward assaults without...