http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Middle school children who completed a social-emotional skills learning program at school were 42 percent less likely to engage in physical fighting a year later, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-skills-middle-schools.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 May 2013 07:50:01 EST news287130082 When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains don't react in the way they do in most people. This pattern of reduced brain activity upon witnessing pain may serve as a neurobiological risk factor for later adult psychopathy, say researchers who report their findings in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 2. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-kids-brains-under-react-painful-images.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:06 EST news286714692 School violence is a very important social issue world-wide. It poses a significant threat to the health, achievement, and well-being of students. Although the most highly published incidents involve serious physical violence, less serious forms of physical aggression and psychological violence (including harassment, bullying, and relational aggression) present far more prevalent and persistent problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-link-school-climate-violence.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:09:12 EST news286114131 (Medical Xpress)—Young adults in abusive and controlling dating relationships were happier when their relationships were over than they expected to be, according to a Purdue University study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-young-people-abusive-dating-relationships.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:30:02 EST news282982273 Bullying, whether it's physical aggression or spreading rumors, boosts the social status and popularity of middle school students, according to a new UCLA psychology study that has implications for programs aimed at combatting school bullying. In addition, students already considered popular engage in these forms of bullying, the researchers found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cool-kids-middle-school-bully.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:07:42 EST news278262457 More than 70 per cent of doctors faced verbal or written aggression and almost a third confronted physical aggression in the workplace over a 12-month period, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-doctors-subjects-patients-physical-aggression.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:27:47 EST news267089227 (HealthDay) -- Although dating violence is a recognized problem for U.S. teens, a majority of high school counselors say their school provides no training or guidelines for dealing with abusive romantic relationships, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-high-schools-lax-dating-abuse.html Pediatrics Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:25:45 EST news261048339 Antipsychotic medication was associated with a modest and time-limited increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) among older patients treated with cholinesterase inhibitors for dementia, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-antipsychotic-medication-modest-heart-older.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:01 EST news251986267 Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study, co-authored by an Iowa State University psychology professor, has also found that onscreen relational aggression -- including social exclusion, gossip and emotional bullying -- may prime the brain for aggression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-screens-prime-brain-aggression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:46:09 EST news250353947 (Medical Xpress) -- Drinking by one or both partners increases levels of severity, anger and fear reported by victims of intimate partner aggression, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-heavy-linked-frequent-severe-aggression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:55:06 EST news229056858