http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-anabolic-steroids-affect-future-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:19 EST news288263523 (Medical Xpress)—Encouraging young people at high-risk of criminal offending and delinquency to see happiness rather than anger in facial expressions results in a decrease in their levels of anger and aggression, new research from the University of Bristol has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-happiness-ambiguous-facial-aggressive-behaviour.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:10:05 EST news283596101 Most strikingly, the study found that the proportion of young servicemen (under 30 years old) with a conviction for violent offending was much higher than among men of a similar age in the general population (20.6% vs 6.7%). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-uk-military-personnel-violent.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:30:06 EST news282498625 A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding a gene involved in regulating mood, making victims more vulnerable to mental health problems as they age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bullying-childhood-peers-gene-linked.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:38:42 EST news275027909 Published in the Comunicación journal, a study conducted by the University of Seville analyses violence content in Spanish TV series. It concludes that Telecinco's Sin tetas no hay paraíso is the most violent of the five studied. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-popular-tv-series-youngsters-spain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:53:44 EST news272714000 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The University of Nottingham have identified a protein which could help predict survival outcomes for women with the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-thousands-women-aggressive-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:44:56 EST news266219086 (Medical Xpress) -- Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or negative events and situations) have the greatest tendency towards displaced aggression against innocent others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-psychologists-links-angry-thoughts-displaced.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:29:52 EST news261379784 A survey on the mental health of eight-year-old children could help identify those individuals who are highly likely to require psychiatric treatment in their teens or early adulthood. There are, however, clear differences in the predictive factors in such surveys between boys and girls, as is shown by a study conducted at the University of Helsinki. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-symptomatic-behaviour-childhood-strongly-psychiatric.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:41:25 EST news253528879 There is a long-lasting and at times intense debate about the possible link between violent computer games and aggressiveness. A group of researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are now questioning the entire basis of the discussion. In a recently published article, they present a new study showing that, more than anything, a good ability to cooperate is a prerequisite for success in the violent gaming environment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-link-violent-games-aggressiveness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:06:52 EST news252587202 (Medical Xpress) -- New research conducted at McMaster University suggests women vying for male attention become aggressive towards other women they see as sexual rivals, a scene often played out in the media and popular reality television shows like The Bachelor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-women-aggressive-sexual-rivals.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:55:35 EST news242546121 Seclusion should always be the last resort when it comes to dealing with aggressive episodes involving young offenders with psychiatric disorders, according to staff who took part in a four-country study published in the November issue of the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-secluding-aggressive-young-resort-four-country.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:24:21 EST news239531054 Using a specially designed risk assessment tool was an effective way of identifying violent hospital patients in medical and surgical units, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-aggression-tool-violent-patients-medical.html Other Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:35:16 EST news238235706