News tagged with emotional violence


When teen dating turns abusive and violent

(HealthDay)—When teens start dating, parents' worries grow—and experts say that dating violence should be on their list of concerns.

Pediatrics created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine screening and counselling for partner violence in health-care settings does not improve women's quality of life

New research published Online First in The Lancet confirms that routine intimate partner violence screening and counselling in primary-care settings does not improve women's quality of life, but does help reduce depressive sympto ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MU program helps health care workers move past tragedy

When a patient dies unexpectedly, whether suddenly or after a long illness, the loss can hit loved ones hard. In some of these cases, health care workers can be affected deeply due to the emotional bonding ...

Health created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with disabilities at greater risk of violence and subsequent mental ill-health

People with disabilities are at a greater risk of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimized, according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Hind K ...

Health created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Child abuse disrupts brain, may cause depression: study

Children who suffer or witness physical abuse undergo changes to their brain structure that may predispose them to depression and substance abuse later in life, a study said Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with disabilities four times as likely be to victims of violence as children who are not disabled

About 5% of children worldwide (around 93 million children) have a moderate or severe disability. Although children with disabilities are thought to be at greater risk of violence, this is the first study to quantify the ...

Health created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Better response plans needed for children exposed to domestic violence

(Medical Xpress) -- Each year, millions of children are exposed to domestic violence, a traumatic experience that has been associated with cognitive, behavioral, social and emotional problems in childhood ...

Health created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development

Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development, indicates the first long term study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Health created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Survivors of violence benefit from mentoring

Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the Journal of College Student Development.

Health created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neurologists should ask patients about abuse

A new position statement issued by the American Academy of Neurology calls on neurologists to begin screening their patients for abusive or violent treatment by family, caretakers or others. The position statement is published ...

Neuroscience created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth

Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published today (7 December) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Health created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women anticipate negative experiences differently to men

Men and women differ in the way they anticipate an unpleasant emotional experience, which influences the effectiveness with which that experience is committed to memory, according to new research.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dealing with the cyberworld's dark side

People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a presentation at the American Psychological Association's 119th ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0