Schizophrenia


Risks

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Hostility and Violence

A USA-multicentre study of violence committed by people with schizophrenia identified the following predisposing factors:

The same study found that having negative symptoms was actually protective against being violent:

The specific negative symptoms which exert a protective influence are:

  1. social withdrawal
  2. Blunted affect
  3. Lack of spontaneity