Violence - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy.

29 Sep 2009 Violence committed by acute psychiatric inpatients represents an important and challenging problem in clinical practice. Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment information were collected for 1324 patients (677 men and 647 women) admitted to ... Read more...

Profiles of physical and psychological violence in childhood as a risk factor for poorer adult health: evidence from the 1995-2005 National Survey of Midlife in the United States.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE. This study examined linkages between physical and psychological violence in childhood from parents and three dimensions of adult health (self-rated health, functional limitations, chronic conditions). METHODS. Regression models were ... Read more...

[Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression]

30 Aug 2009 Playing computer games has become one of the main leisure activities in children and adolescents and increasingly replaces traditional playing and interactional activities. There might exist developmental benefits or positive effects of computer ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Violence - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Profiles of physical and psychological violence in childhood as a risk factor for poorer adult health: evidence from the 1995-2005 National Survey of Midlife in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• We must face the threats. 14 Sep 2009
• [Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression] 30 Aug 2009
• Lifetime physical and sexual abuse and the risk for depression symptoms in the first 8 months after birth. 30 Aug 2009
• Exposure to violence, support needs, adjustment, and motivators among Guatemalan humanitarian aid workers. 30 Aug 2009
• The scientific significance of Collins's Violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Is violence natural, unnatural, or rational? 30 Aug 2009
• The micro-sociology of violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Adolescent coping across time: implications for psychiatric mental health nurses. 30 Aug 2009
• Model of therapeutic and non-therapeutic responses to patient aggression. 30 Aug 2009
• Pathological gambling and criminality. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental illness and violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: a meta-analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Taking on school bullies. Interventions target bullies, victims, and bystanders. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-regulatory failure and intimate partner violence perpetration. 30 Aug 2009
• Low-status compensation: A theory for understanding the role of status in cultures of honor. 30 Aug 2009
• Children's mental health in Afghanistan. 19 Aug 2009
• Violence, suffering, and mental health in Afghanistan: a school-based survey. 19 Aug 2009
• Facing up to unpalatable evidence for the sake of our patients. 16 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Violence'

Definition: Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.

Descriptor UI: D014754

Alternative terms: Violence; Atrocities; Assaultive Behavior; Behavior, Assaultive;

Related Mesh Headings: Battered Child Syndrome; Biological Warfare; War; Battered Women;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.856; I01.880.735.900;

Online Note: search ATROCITIES under WAR CRIMES 1966-67

History Note: 70(68); ATROCITIES was heading 1963-67