title: Psychopharmacologic management of aggression.
abstract: This article is designed to provide an overview of the existing literature on pharmacologically managing aggression, with a specific focus on psychiatric diagnoses commonly associated with increased aggression. Self-injurious behaviors and suicide are sometimes classified as forms of aggression, but information presented here focuses primarily on aggression toward others (physical and/or verbal).
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychiatry and the Law, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. wjnewmanmd@gmail.com
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000523:psychology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs