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When Violence Becomes a Psychiatric Symptom
- Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 15, Number 1, March 2008
- pp. 57-67
- 10.1353/ppp.0.0163
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Psychiatrists are increasingly expected to be involved in violence assessment, prediction, and prevention. For some psychiatrists this sits uncomfortably with their conception of themselves as doctors. Is violence (ever) a medical/psychiatric symptom? If so, what is the role of medicine/psychiatry in preventing violence? What are the consequences of an interventionist stance? We attempt to explore some of these questions in this paper.