As emerging data shows an alarming rise of domestic violence during the pandemic, researchers at the University of South Australia are urging practitioners to look beyond clinical observations and focus on the strengths that ...
Jul 2, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a significant rise in demand for mental health support.
Jun 24, 2020
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Smoking, divorce and alcohol abuse have the closest connection to death out of 57 social and behavioral factors analyzed in research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jun 22, 2020
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Quarantine has been incredibly dangerous for adults and children in abusive relationships and households around the world, said Joan S. Meier, a professor of clinical law and director of the National Family Violence Law Center ...
Jun 1, 2020
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Advocates and experts on domestic violence likely saw this coming: the response to keep people safe from COVID-19 would result in greater harm for victims of domestic violence. All of that time isolated and at home alone ...
May 29, 2020
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Empowering people to intervene when they witness unacceptable behaviour can help to prevent domestic violence and abuse, a new study has found.
May 27, 2020
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The novel coronavirus has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide and caused a major downturn in the global economy. But the pandemic is causing harm in less widely reported ways, too.
May 27, 2020
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COVID-19 has another terrifying side effect: a rise in domestic violence.
Apr 20, 2020
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Tens of millions of Americans fit that description—the poor, the homeless, immigrants, the detained and incarcerated, the precariously employed and the uninsured. Nearly one-quarter of adult Americans do not have access ...
Apr 6, 2020
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How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the most vulnerable among us?
Apr 1, 2020
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