Open AccessPatient’s Experiences of Violence as Perpetrator: A Qualitative Study from Patients with Schizophrenia in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Iyus Yosep,
Helmy Hazmi,
Zabidah Putit
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2022.7704
Subject(s) - medicine , nonprobability sampling , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , focus group , qualitative research , anger , domestic violence , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , population , social science , environmental health , marketing , sociology , business
BACKGROUND: Individuals with schizophrenia are at an increased risk for violence – limited study on exploring the experience of violence in patients with schizophrenia as a perpetrator.AIM: This research aimed to investigate the perception of violence as a perpetrator in Indonesia in patients with schizophrenia.METHODS: This study used phenomenology using a purposive sampling technique. A total of 40 patients were from the psychiatric ward of significant mental hospitals in West Java, Indonesia. The inclusion criteria for patients were the following: Age over 18 years old confirmed diagnosis with schizophrenia. Focus group discussion of patients comprised four groups. Each group consisted of tens of patients.RESULTS: The patient’s experiences as a perpetrator were categorized into six subthemes: Committing physical violence to family, quarreling with family, verbal abuse to family, a perpetrator of verbal violence to neighbors, expression of anger to object, and physical violence to nurse.CONCLUSION: The patient’s experiences of violence were not linear, but rather it was a complex experience of being a perpetrator, yet at the same time as of perpetrator violence. A staff training program to reduce patient violence is needed.