title: The dangerous psychiatric patient. Part I: Epidemiology, etiology, prediction.
abstract: Physicians from various medical specialties have the opportunity to encounter once in a while a dangerous psychiatric patient, an encounter which in many cases generates confusion and embarrassment. An attempt is made to identify the typical characteristics of such a patient and to give some practical guidance to the physician "in the field'. A number of examples of the management of dangerous or even violent patients is presented. The objective of this contribution is to increase awareness of this issue, even among non-psychiatric medical personnel. Part I deals with epidemiology, etiology and prediction of dangerousness.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salagnik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D014754:Violence