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Women seven times more likely than men to admit sexually acquired infection
Women are seven times more likely than men to admit to a partner that they have a sexually acquired infection, reveals research in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The findings were irrespective of age or type of infection. view more (2002-02-25)
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)
Violence declines with medication use in some with schizophrenia
Some schizophrenia patients become less prone to violence when taking medication, but those with a history of childhood conduct problems continue to pose a higher risk even with treatment, according to a new study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. view more (2008-07-01)
Binge-drinking teenagers at greater risk of violence
Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found. view more (2006-09-27)
Television Viewing and Aggression: Some Alternative Perspectives
The effect of media violence on behavior is not only an interesting psychological question but is also a relevant public policy and public health issue. view more (2008-10-02)
International health experts call on British Prime Minister to consider health impacts of war on Iraq
A war on Iraq would have disastrous short, medium and long-term social and public health consequences - not just for Iraq, but internationally, argue 500 signatories of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in an open letter to Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This letter is published simultaneously in this week's... view more... (2003-01-22)
Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women
Sexist jokes (and all the variants of this kind of humour) favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. view more (2009-07-06)
Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems
Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women. view more (2009-10-13)
Young men living at home with parents are more violent
Young men who stay at home with their parents are more violent than those who live independently. view more (2009-07-21)
Increased Depression Risk Among US Women
Increasing prevalence of childhood violence in girls and young women in the USA could explain why women are more likely to be depressed than men in adulthood, suggest authors of a population-based study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Major depressive disorder is a significant cause of illness among women in the USA. Women are twice as likely... view more... (2001-09-12)
Substance abuse factor in higher risk of violent crime by persons with schizophrenia
The increased risk of persons with schizophrenia committing violent crime may be largely mediated by co-existing substance abuse problems. view more (2009-05-20)
Byers Acts To Protect Directors Under Threat Of Violence
Government to table amendment to Criminal Justice and Police Bill to allow private addresses of directors at serious risk of violence to be kept on secure register Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, announced today new measures to allow directors under threat of violence or intimidation to keep their home address private.... view more... (2001-03-07)
Witnessing violence affects kids' health
School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of post-traumatic stress. They also suffer physiological effects with a disruption to their normal cortisol production pattern during the day, which may have long-term negative effects on their health. view more (2009-04-22)
Society's attitudes have little impact on choice of sexual partner
A unique new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute (KI) suggests that the attitude of families and the public have little impact on if adults decide to have sex with persons of the same or the opposite sex. Instead, hereditary factors and the individual's unique experiences have the strongest influence on our choice of... view more... (2008-06-17)
No link between epilepsy and criminality
It has long been believed that people with epilepsy are particularly prone to violence and criminality, but a study in this week’s BMJ finds that epilepsy is no more common in prisoners than in the general population. view more (2002-06-19)
Cohabiting better for men's mental health; marriage better for women's
Serial relationships are good for men's mental health, but bad for women's, suggest the results of national survey in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And cohabiting is better for men's mental health, but marriage is better for women's, the data show. The researchers base their findings on the responses to a validated mental... view more... (2003-12-18)
Satisfaction with life in middle age
Satisfaction with life in middle age can depend on how high people's self esteem is and how good their relationship is with their current spouse or partner. But there are other factors, such as the age at which they first had sex, or how romantic they are. These are some of the results of a 25 year study by Charles T. Hill of Whittier College,... view more... (2001-06-25)
Satisfaction with life in middle age
Satisfaction with life in middle age can depend on how high people's self esteem is and how good their relationship is with their current spouse or partner. But there are other factors, such as the age at which they first had sex, or how romantic they are. These are some of the results of a 25 year study by Charles T. Hill of Whittier College,... view more... (2001-06-22)
Poor sleep is associated with lower relationship satisfaction in both women and men
A bidirectional association exists between couples' sleep quality and the quality of their relationship. view more (2009-06-10)
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)
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