The relationship between patients about disorders and influence of patients with chisofrene psychotic disorders and bipolar disorders remaining in mental disabled care centers

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the expressed emotions and attitudes towards violence of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder in mentally disabled care centers. The research sample consists of a total of 83 mentally handicapped individuals, 32 of whom are females and 51 of whom are males, in a care center located in Arnavutköy, Istanbul. "Socio- demographic Information Form", "Berkeley Emotional Expression Scale" and "Violence Attitude Scale" were applied to the participants. According to the results of the research, no significant relationship was found between the emotional affect of the individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder and their attitudes towards violence. In addition, significant relationships were found between scales and some sub-dimensions; As the level of partner violence increases, positive emotion expression decreases, women have higher emotional expression characteristics than men, men have higher partner violence characteristics than women, the level of education increases, emotion characteristics increase in individuals, the presence of substance use increases in individuals at any time. and individuals with bipolar disorder had higher emotional expression characteristics than individuals with schizophrenia and psychotic disorder.