Background Psychomotor agitation is associated with different psychiatric conditions and
represents an important issue in psychiatry. Current recommendations on agitation in …

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have many benefits but also many side effects, including
aggression, agitation, and irritability, in some patients with epilepsy. This article offers a …

Objective: Anger, irritability, and aggression are among the most common reasons for child
mental health referrals. This review is focused on two forms of behavioral interventions for …

There is currently a lack of evidence-based guidelines to guide the pharmacological
treatment of neurobehavioral problems that commonly occur after traumatic brain injury …

The authors assessed aggressive behavior in 89 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
and 26 patients with multiple trauma but without TBI using a quantitative scale (the Overt …

Following an initial springboard study, a further more extensive piece of research was
conducted to identify and evaluate approaches used to manage patient aggression and …

The Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) assesses confusion, irritability, boisterousness, verbal
threats, physical threats, and attacks on objects as either present or absent. It is …

Every clinician today needs a basic understanding of what causes violent behavior. The
second edition of Neurobiology of Violence synthesizes current research on the origins of …

It has been proposed that overt physical and verbal aggression are more prevalent among
boys and that covert aggression in the context of interpersonal relationships is more typical …

Accurate evaluations of the dangers posed by psychiatric inpatients are necessary, although
a number of studies have questioned the accuracy of violence prediction. In this prospective …