Violence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Penetrating trauma treated by the Medical Emergency Care Unit in Copenhagen]

3 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization defines violence as a public health problem, affecting mainly boys and young men. Interpersonal violence with sharp objects and arms is rare in Denmark, but has been the focus of attention from the media ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Violence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Shattered lives] 6 Oct 2009
• [Penetrating trauma treated by the Medical Emergency Care Unit in Copenhagen] 3 Oct 2009
• [Setting limits without producing violence in adolescents] 29 Sep 2009
• 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
• The direct and indirect costs of explosive violence. 27 Sep 2009
• Alcohol-related harm to others: a survey of physical and sexual assault in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009
• Psychology. The theory? Diet causes violence. The lab? Prison. 23 Sep 2009
• Connected kids at Head Start: taking office-based violence prevention to the community. 19 Sep 2009
• Investigating the link between gun possession and gun assault. 15 Sep 2009
• Relationship between alcohol use and violent behavior among urban African American youths from adolescence to emerging adulthood: a longitudinal study. 15 Sep 2009
• We must face the threats. 14 Sep 2009
• Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data. 10 Sep 2009
• [The characteristics of offenders abusing alcohol in view of forensic-psychiatric assessments] 30 Aug 2009
• A ubiquitous, multifaceted problem. 30 Aug 2009
• [Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression] 30 Aug 2009
• HIV infection risk factors among male-to-female transgender persons: a review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
• Lifetime physical and sexual abuse and the risk for depression symptoms in the first 8 months after birth. 30 Aug 2009
• Resettlement of refugees from Africa and Iraq in Rhode Island: the impact of violence and burden of disease. 30 Aug 2009
• [Rights and duties when faced with maltreatment] 30 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