THE EFFECT OF PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION THERAPY (PMRT) ON SCHHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS WITH RISK OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Background: Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders with typical distortion of thought processes. Schizophrenia can lead to violent behavior due to several causes, such as psychological pressure, feeling threatened, and seeing others as enemies. To reduce violent behavior progressive muscle relaxation therapy (PMRT) is one of the interventions that can be used in schizophrenic patients. Objective: To determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation therapy (PMRT) on the risk of violent behavior in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This study uses a Literature review with Google Scholar and PUBMED databases with the keywords "Schizophrenia", "Risk of violence behavior", and "Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy" for English searches, and "Schizophrenia", "Risk of violent behavior", and “Progressive muscle relaxation therapy” for Indonesian search. The search for articles was limited from 2015-2020, with the inclusion criteria of full-text articles and randomized control trials and 5 articles were found accordingly. Results: Progressive muscle relaxation therapy has an effect on reducing symptoms of violent behavior in schizophrenic patients who have a risk of violent behavior. Conclusion: Based on the analysis of several studies, it was found that the Progressive Muscle Relaxation Therapy intervention was effective in reducing the risk of violent behavior in schizophrenic patients