title: Neuropsychiatry of aggression.
abstract: Aggression is a serious medical problem that can place both the patient and the health care provider at risk. Aggression can result from medical, neurologic, and/or psychiatric disorders. A comprehensive patient evaluation is needed. Treatment options include pharmacotherapy as well as nonpharmacologic interventions, both of which need to be individualized to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1941 East Road Houston, TX 77054, USA.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Kimberly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kjome
authors.forename: F Gerard
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Moeller
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000523:psychology; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010808:Physical Examination; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents