| Clinical predictors of violence in schizophrenic patients with exacerbation of psychotic symptoms |
| • Type and characteristics of delusions |
| - Delusions causing fear and anguish |
| - Persecutory delusions |
| - Active seeking of information to confirm or refute the delusional belief |
| - Systematization and conviction of the delusion |
| - Quality of the hallucinations |
| • Previous violence |
| • Less insight into symptoms |
| • Higher PANSS general psychopathology scores |
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