Table 1 Some excerpts of coding scheme resulted in theme formation

The problem which I get is that I can’t even chop onions in public, I always do that in the locked room, and all knives and everything are hidden in the cupboard

Doing thing in hidden places to avoid physical attack

Fearing physical attack

Fear of being attacked

Problems in Managing patient’s symptoms

There is a day he can really succeed to kill, if not him to kill, himself may be killed, because I can prevent when attempting to hurt me, unfortunately hurts himself.

Expressing fear of patient to kill or to be killed

Unpredictable patient’s behaviour

Patient’s safety