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Violent TV, games pack a powerful public health threat
Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term, according to a University of Michigan study published today in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.   view more (2007-11-28)

Violence Prevention in School - New European Internet-Portal
Violence in school, juvenile violence and bullying are topics that have been debated recently in many Western countries. Though not as dramatic as presented in the media, school violence and bullying has been rising constantly over the past decade. This has wide-ranging implications for our... view more (2002-09-24)

Violence In The Media Can Lead To Aggressive Behaviour In Young Children
Violent imagery in the media can have a substantial short-term effect on young children's arousal, thoughts and emotions, increasing the likelihood of aggressive or fearful behaviour, concludes a review published in this week's issue of The Lancet.   view more (2005-02-16)

Should women be screened for domestic violence?
Over a third of women attending general practices have experienced physical violence, but doctors and nurses rarely ask about it. Researchers in this week's BMJ ask: Should women be screened for domestic violence when they visit their general practitioner? Is there a high risk group of women for... view more (2002-01-30)

Women want to be asked about domestic violence
Doctors may be able to identify women who experience domestic violence by asking them if they are afraid of their partner, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Women attending 22 general practices in Ireland were surveyed about domestic violence. Of the 1,692 women who had ever had a sexual... view more (2002-01-30)

Studies often ignore domestic violence committed by women
It`s not only men who commit domestic violence, yet scientific studies rarely look at female-to-male violence, according to two letters in this week`s BMJ.   view more (2002-07-03)

Rutgers Researcher's Study Cites Media Violence as 'Critical Risk Factor' for Aggression
ou are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people, and a new paper, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, researcher Paul Boxer, provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact adolescent behavior.   view more (2008-11-20)

Relationship violence appears common among college students
Violence between partners, friends and acquaintances appears prevalent both during and before college, according to results of a survey of students at three urban college campuses published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2008-07-08)

Tackling Sexual Violence (p 1092)
A Health and Human Rights article in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights the issue of sexual violence-within the context of the World Report on Violence and Health published this week-and calls for health professionals to play a leading role in identifying victims of sexual violence,... view more (2002-10-02)

Violence at work significantly boosts clinical depression risk
Employees subjected to real or threatened violence at work run a major risk of becoming clinically depressed, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2006-08-10)

Screening women for domestic violence "cannot be justified" on current evidence
The Department of Health now recommends that health professionals should consider "routine enquiry" of women patients about whether they have experienced domestic violence. However, a study in this week's BMJ concludes that implementation of screening programmes in healthcare settings is... view more (2002-08-07)

Domestic violence may result from panic
Some men and women who commit domestic violence may be experiencing a form of panic attack which they direct against their partner. This is the suggestion from Dr Ian Mitchell, of the University of Birmingham, and Dr Elizabeth Gilchrist, of the University of Coventry, who will present their... view more (2004-03-24)

Are people with mental illness more violent than other people?
The contribution of mental illness to societal violence is modest, despite increasing public concern about the potential for violence among mentally ill patients who have been treated and reside in the community, write researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-09-04)

Violence Against Women (pp 1172, 1232)
This week marks the start of a new Lancet series-Violence against Women. Over the next six weeks, the series will discuss current challenges and debates on violence against women and the implications for public health. In the first article, Charlotte Watts and Cathy Zimmerman from the London School... view more (2002-04-04)

UNICEF report shows disabled children at serious risk
Yale public health researcher Nora Groce chaired the Thematic Group on Violence against Disabled Children convened by UNICEF at the United Nations (UN), which has made recommendations for ending violence against disabled children in the forthcoming UN Secretary General's Report on Violence against... view more (2005-12-13)

ISU psychologists explore public policy and effects of media violence on children
Although hundreds of studies link media violence to aggression in children and adolescents, most public policy attempts to reduce children's media violence exposure in the U.S. have failed. Efforts to restrict children's access to violent video games have been struck down by the courts as... view more (2007-12-26)

Adolescents exposed to violence suffer post traumatic stress and depression
Adolescents who either witness or are victims of violence are prone to post traumatic stress disorder and depression, finds research in Injury Prevention. The study was carried out in South Africa, where 60 deaths in every 100,000 are murders - 10 times the rate in the USA. Four private high... view more (2001-11-27)

'I slapped her because she was acting like a stupid cow.'
Men who are violent towards their partners blame their wives or girlfriends for being jointly responsible for any attacks. This is the conclusion of Robin Jordan of Stockport Psychology Services, who studied the way men account for the domestic violence committed in their relationships. He will... view more (2004-03-23)

Employment status has no bearing on domestic violence
Being out of work does not increase the likelihood of violent rows between couples, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. But excessive drinking in or out of work, does. Data from a National Survey of Families and Households conducted in 1987 and 1992 in the USA... view more (2001-02-10)

Violence in couples
This is the finding of research presented today, Tuesday 14 September, by Niki Graham-Kevan of the University of Central Lancashire, at The British Psychological Society's Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, held at the University of Lancaster.   view more (1999-09-03)

Identifying children at risk of abuse
Children whose mothers suffer domestic abuse are much more likely to be abused themselves. An article in BMC Medicine today shows that active screening significantly helps physicians to identify families that experience domestic abuse, and thus to protect children. The American Academy of... view more (2004-06-28)

Study finds connection between teenage violence and domestic violence
Researchers tracing the development of violent behavior have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence.   view more (2007-06-26)

Victims of child maltreatment more likely to perpetrate youth violence, intimate partner violence
Some people are caught in a cycle of violence, perhaps beginning with their own abuse as a child and continuing into perpetration or victimization as an adult.   view more (2007-09-25)

Depressive symptoms in adolescents associated with parental domestic violence
Adolescents who witness domestic violence between their parents are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression.   view more (2006-03-02)

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN LIVING IN WAR ZONES NOT RECOGNISED (PP 1790, 1801)
Health professionals need to be trained in the detection and treatment of the emotional disturbances associated with   children's exposure to war zones and political violence, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Children living in war zones are at a high... view more (2002-05-22)

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