Handbook of Aggressive and Destructive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients

Scarcely a day passes without the media detailing some form of human aggression, whether it be on its grandest scale in the form of war, random bombings and shootings in the streets, torture in a prison camp, murder by gangs, wife abuse resulting in the murder of the husband, or the physical abuse o...

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Other Authors: Ammerman, Robert T. (Editor), Hersen, Michel (Editor), Sisson, L.A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Theoretical Perspectives
  • 1. Biological—Physiological
  • 2. Ethological Contributions
  • 3. Sociological
  • 4. Social Psychological
  • 5. Psychoanalytic
  • 6. Humanistic
  • II. General Issues
  • 7. Epidemiology
  • 8. Legal and Ethical Issues
  • 9. Control in the Psychiatric Setting—Adults
  • 10. Control in the Psychiatric Setting—Children and Adolescents
  • III. Adult Disorders
  • 11. Organic Mental Disorders
  • 12. Psychoactive Substance Abuse
  • 13. Schizophrenia
  • 14. Affective Disorders
  • 15. Dissociative Disorders
  • 16. Sexual Deviations
  • 17. Impulse Control Disorder
  • 18. Borderline Disorder
  • IV. Child and Adolescent Disorders
  • 19. Mental Retardation
  • 20. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • 21. Conduct Disorder
  • 22. Affective Disorders
  • 23. Eating Disorders
  • 24. Tic Disorders
  • 25. Substance Abuse
  • V. Special Issues
  • 26. Family Violence—Adult
  • 27. Family Violence—Child
  • 28. Serial Murder