Phelan, Bresnahan, Stueve and Pescosolido [1] presented a large sample (N = 1444) with vignettes of people with mental illness, in which no violent behavior or thoughts were described, and inquired how likely it was that the “patient” would be violent. Many participants believed it ...
Controlling for respondents' past violent behavior and other relevant factors, the research found that a history of mental health treatment is more strongly associated with assaultive violence and sexual offenses than with other types of crimes. In addition, there is support for a deviance hypothesis...
studies consistently show when parents show increased technoference, this is associated with an increased likelihood of engaging in violent behaviors (e.g., cyber-bullying) and poorer mental health outcomes (e.g., depression and anxiety
Violent behavior : One of the consequences of failing to treat severe mental illnessesAdvocacy, Treatment
In 2015,PLOS.orgpublished agroundbreaking studydiscussing the link between mental health and violent behavior in college students. The study noted that nearly 37% of the college students studied had some form of diagnosable mental health disorder, and that such disorders contributed to a wide range...
Violent behavior was associated with low self-esteem in women with depressive symptoms in both sexes.Conclusions: Since the focus of the "Healthy Universities" program is important that higher education institutions are promoting health through the creation and dissemination of knowledge, the training ...
BACKGROUND: Little is understood about childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) and lifetime violent crime perpetration. OBJECTIVES: The purpose was to evaluate TBI before the age of 15 years and other childhood environmental factors, mental health, and lifetime history of committing a violent crime....
it was quickly reported that the perpetrators had previously received psychiatric care, prompting questions as to whether and how their mental illnesses may have led to these appallingly violent acts, whether mental health professionals could have (or should have) foreseen such massacres, and whether...
Findings suggest that GBV must be addressed to cultivate mental health for adolescent girls and young women globally.doi:10.1016/j.avb.2019.01.007Grose, Rose GraceRoof, Katherine A.Semenza, Daniel C.Leroux, XimenaYount, Kathryn M.Elsevier ScienceAggression and Violent Behavior...
“There are obvious social costs of violence, but there are also significant long-term economic costs that can be traced to themental health issuesassociated with future violence,” she said. “Understanding what causes violent behavior and identifying risk factors for it in childhood is a vitally...