Anger, Agression & Violence

Question 0

Agression

Answer 0

Act or behavior that results in verbal or physical attack

Question 1

Anger

Answer 1

Emotional response to frustration of desires, threat to one’s needs, or a challenge

Question 2

Violence

Answer 2

An objectionable act that involves intentional use of force that results in, or has the potential to result in, injury to another person

Question 3

Limbic System

Answer 3

Mediates primitive emotions and behaviors necessary for survival

Question 4

Amygdala

Answer 4

Mediates anger experiences, judging events as either aversive or rewarding

Question 5

Most common reason people become aggressive or violent

Answer 5

They feel threatened

Question 6

Predictors of violence

Answer 6

Hyperactivity, recent acts of violence, stone silence, alcohol/drug intoxication, possession of a weapon, new isolation, milieu provocative to violence

Question 7

Most Significant Predictor of Future Violence

Answer 7

Hx of violence

Question 8

Second Most Significant Predictor of Violence

Answer 8

Hx of impulsivity

Question 9

Seclusion

Answer 9

Involuntary confinement of patient alone in room, or in area from which the patient is physically prevented from leaving

Question 10

Restraints

Answer 10

Anything that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely