| Document ID (ISN) | 61175 |
| CIS number |
93-2097 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Boxer P.A. |
| Title |
Assessment of potential violence in the paranoid worker |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1993, Vol. 35, No. 2, p.127-131. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
Violence in the workplace is sometimes a manifestation of an untreated psychiatric disorder. Paranoid personality disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and delusional (paranoid) disorder are three psychiatric syndromes in which paranoid ideation is a prominent feature. While the vast majority of people with these conditions are not violent, paranoid workers can exhibit violent behaviour as a reaction to beliefs that co-workers or supervisors are threatening or persecuting them. Three cases are described to illustrate the clinical presentation of these disorders and their management in an occupational setting. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mental disorders; paranoid states; psychoses |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
violence; case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Violence and terrorism
Mental health
|
