Act of violence

Impulsive behavior refers to behaviors that occur suddenly and often lead to adverse consequences; violent behavior refers to behaviors that intentionally cause physical or physical harm to others. The target of attack can be themselves, others, or objects. Attacks on others include: physical assault and sexual assault, which can cause injury, disability, and death. Attacks on objects can cause economic losses. In addition to the specific behaviors manifested, impulses and violent tendencies can also manifest as potential behaviors, such as threatening speech or gestures. The WHO (2002) defines a broader definition of violence: "threats to use or have intentionally used force or power against themselves, others, a specific group of people, or a particular society, resulting in, or very likely to cause injury, death, Psychological harm, deformity or deprivation of living conditions. " Global violence-related mortality in 2000 was estimated at 28.8 per 100,000. The violent impulsive behavior is not a psychiatric symptom in essence. Normal people can also do it. The violent impulsive behavior caused by psychological or mental disorders embodies the driving force of aggression under the disorder of values. Most of the high-risk groups of this type of behavior are first-time People with mental illness, substance abusers, and personality disorders. The victims of violence are also prone to psychological and behavioral problems. Therefore, violent impulsive behavior is one of the situations that requires urgent psychiatric treatment. It should be pointed out that most patients with mental disorders do not have violent impulsive behavior, and the statistics of violence involving patients with mental disorders are often repeated violence by a very small number of patients.

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