What to do if a mentally ill person hits someone

There is a type of mentally ill patients who tend to be violent and prone to hurting others. This type of mentally ill patients have no civil capacity or partial civil capacity. For such patients, it is best to care for and treat them in a mental hospital. Of course, if a mentally ill patient beats someone in daily life, the patient's legal guardian needs to bear corresponding responsibilities.

What to do if a mentally ill person hits someone

1. A mentally ill person may be a person without civil capacity or a person with limited civil capacity. If a mentally ill person who has been declared by the court to be incapable of civil conduct or to have limited civil capacity causes damage to others, his guardian shall bear the liability for compensation. If the mentally ill person owns his own property, the compensation shall be paid from his own property, and the guardian shall make appropriate compensation for the shortfall. However, this does not apply to cases where an employer acts as a guardian;

2. If a mentally ill person has not been declared as a person without civil capacity or a person with limited civil capacity according to law, or if the offender claims to be mentally ill, he or she shall bear the liability for compensation;

The scope of the legal guardian of a mentally ill person is:

1. Spouse, 2. Parents, 3. Adult children, 4. Other close relatives. If the mentally ill patient has no relatives, as long as he or she has civil capacity, he or she will be the legal guardian. If the ward causes damage to others due to the guardian's failure to discipline the ward strictly, the guardian shall bear civil liability. If the guardian has fulfilled his guardianship duties, his civil liability may be appropriately reduced. Therefore, if criminal liability is to be pursued, the mentally ill patient will be held accountable; if it is civil liability such as compensation, the guardian must bear the corresponding responsibility according to law.

How to prevent mental illness from occurring

First: Adhering to a maintenance dose of medication is the most effective measure to prevent relapse: A large amount of clinical statistics show that most relapses of schizophrenia are related to self-discontinuation of medication. The relapse rate for patients who adhere to maintenance doses is 40%, while the relapse rate for those who do not adhere to maintenance doses is as high as 80%. Therefore, patients and their families should attach great importance to maintenance treatment.

Second: timely detection of signs of relapse and timely treatment: Schizophrenia relapse has precursors. As long as it is discovered in time and the medication and dosage are adjusted in time, relapse can generally be prevented. Common signs of relapse are: patients have poor sleep for no reason, laziness, unwillingness to get up, dazed, emotional instability, unprovoked temper, irritability, wild thoughts, outrageous talk, or the thoughts during the illness reappear, etc. At this time, you should seek medical attention immediately. Timely adjustment of treatment when the condition fluctuates can prevent recurrence of the disease.

Third: insist on regular outpatient follow-up: You must insist on regular outpatient follow-up so that the doctor can continuously and dynamically understand the condition, so that the patient is always under the medical supervision of a psychiatrist and the dosage of medication can be adjusted in time according to changes in the condition. Through review, the patient can also receive timely consultation and psychological treatment to relieve the various confusions in life, work and drug treatment, which also plays an important role in preventing the recurrence of schizophrenia.