how does the knowledge of psychology help heath care workers to deal with aggressive patients?

Question

how does the knowledge help heath care workers to deal with aggresive patients.

What is aggression, and what are the triggers of aggresion, how can we munipilate them...

stuck need help.......plz

Answer 1

By understanding behaviorist perspectives of psychology, health care workers can better understand how to refrain from reinforcing aggressive behavior. It is important to understand, for example, that negative attention can be reinforcing in a state of deprivation. It can also help health care workers to come up with a treatment plan for aggressive patients in a mental health facility.

I'm not sure you can define aggression, because it takes a lot of different forms in different people, and can be triggered by many different things. If this is a text book question, you might try looking for the definition that your text book gives.

Answer 2

This is way too big a question to give a clear answer here.

It would matter in what setting you are in contact with these persons. Since you refer to them as patients, is it a hospital setting?, A drug rehab setting? Are you perhaps meeting with them in their homes in some capacity?

It is necessary to know some history, is or has the person been a drug user? This is a big one as it is documented the use of Meth and other drugs often causes violent aggression in some users.
History of diagnosed mental illness, schizophrenia, bi-polar, and other psych diagnosis produce aggression.

To cope well, you must know with whom you are dealing.

Always conduct yourself in an honest, even and consistent manner while dealing with them.

Answer 3

Well, I work with EMI residents in a care home, and some of them are very aggressive. Quite honestly, psychology makes no difference. You just have to cope with them, be calm, be sensitive to their needs/problems, read their careplans, be prepared to accept that they are not the same every day, get them to trust you, be patient, patient ...

Answer 4

physchology can help us understand the root cause of problems, issues illness and aggirvation.

It can help[ us in our interactions with these people

triggers of aggression can be inbourne things or environmental factors. Generally some people more agrresive than others this could be they way they bought up, the lifestyle they lead any mental ill health etc etc

agression is a build of angry and frustrated emotions that evetually outburst

HTH