title: Violence and mood disorder: views and experiences of adult patients with mood disorders using violence toward their parents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study explored the lived experiences of violence by patients with mood disorders against their biological parents who were the major caregivers (13 parent-adult-child dyads), and sought to gain an understanding of the precipitating factors influencing violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected by means of in-depth semi-structured interviews, managed and subjected to hermeneutics-guided thematic networks analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The phenomenon was that violence was part of life. The four global themes were that increased irritability and poor impulse control lead to violence; violence causes anxiety; a transition from violence to nonviolence is difficult; and moving from descriptions of violence to analyses of violence is important.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A comprehensive dyadic parent-child intervention program and de-escalation techniques are suggested to manage violence substantially.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mei-Chi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Chiung-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun-Hsien
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032721:Adult Children / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Experience; mood disorder; parent-child dyad; phenomenology; violence