SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Substance Abuse Result In Violent Behavior Among Medicated And Non Medicated Schizophrenic Patients

Abstract

Emotionally propelled aggression is helped by expanded arousal. It may be the outcome of an information-processing shortfall and cognitive attributions for stimuli granted by subject. The objective of this study was to contrast P50 evoked promise answers of medicated patients with schizophrenia with non-medicated patients with schizophrenia and wholesome controls. Patients were classified into brutal and non-violent in agreement to Overt Aggression Scale. P50 auditory evoked potentials of 20 non medicated patients with schizophrenia (violent = 14, non-violent = 18) and 17 wholesome controls were noted throughout five sprints of 30 bang pairs. Healthy controls displayed the smaller S2/S1 ratio when in evaluation to brutal (p < 0.001) and non-violent (p = 0.04) patients. Using the cutoff issue of 0.50 for S2/S1 ratio to characterise abnormal gating the important percentage of medicated patients did not display P50 suppression (71.4%) in evaluation to non-medicated patients (38.9%) and wholesome controls (23.5%) (p = 0.02).Substance misuse in matter misuse in brutal demeanour in patients with schizophrenia could be affiliated with the distracted data sensory gating. Violence in patients with schizophrenia may be helped by an expanded arousal which may in turn be outcome of an information-processing deficit.

Table of Content

Abstractii

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Outline of Study1

Background of research1

Problem Statement1

Research Question1

Theoretical Frame work2

Limitations & Delimitations of study2

Reliability3

Validity3

Ethical Concern4

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW6

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY13

Research Design13

Primary or secondary / Qualitative or Quantitative13

Quantitative Research13

Qualitative Research14

Sample14

Instrument (interview)14

Data Collection Method15

CHAPTER 04: INTERPRET DATA RESULT16

Healthy controls16

Clinical sample16

Assessments17

Measurement of P50 sensory gating18

Statistical analysis20

Results21

CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION28

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION30

REFERENCES31

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Outline of Study

Schizophrenia is one of main psychiatric disorders associated with substance abuse in violent behavior. This behavior arises out of multiple causes involving biological, psychological, and environmental factors, although recent evidence emphasizes neurobiological mechanisms influencing development of substance abuse in violent behavior. (Caprara et al., 2006: 133)

Background of research

Most substance abuse in violent behaviors can be classified into instrumental violence and hostile violence. Instrumental violence involves the relatively non-emotional display of substance abuse in violent behavior that is directed toward obtaining the goal. Hostile violence, on other hand, involves aggressive behavior that takes place within context of associated anger and is highly emotional. (Chesterman et al., 2004: 228) Hostile violence is described as more impulsive and often arises as the defensive reaction in response to frustrations, insult or provocation.

Problem Statement

Research examines substance abuse result in substance abuse in violent behavior among medicated and non medicated schizophrenic patients.

Research Question

How would substance abuse result in substance abuse in violent behavior among medicated and non medicated schizophrenic patients?

Theoretical Frame work

One possible explanation for differences found between violent and non- violent schizophrenic patients relies on extrovert seek social support that may be misunderstood because of patient' lack of insight and impairment in processing social information (Cheung et al., 2007: 41)The extroverted behavior showed by these patients may be poorly timed and socially clumsy, and others might tend to consider this behavior as hostile. As time passes by, and illness features are more prominent, this behavior may ...