title: Diagnosing and managing violence.
abstract: Available categorization systems for violence encountered in medical practice do not constitute optimal tools to guide management. In this article, 4 common patterns of violence across psychiatric diagnoses are described (defensive, dominance-defining, impulsive, and calculated) and management implications are considered. The phenomenologic and neurobiological rationale for a clinical classification system of violence is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Concord Hospital and Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc, Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fetter