Psychology & Psychiatry
Corporal punishment in childhood directly linked to involvement in partner violence in adulthood
Intimate partner violence is indisputably a crisis in Australia.
May 3, 2021
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News tagged with intimate partner violence
Addiction
Alcohol and sexist attitudes combine to increase male violence towards women
Researchers have long known that problem drinking increases a man's likelihood of being violent towards his wife or girlfriend, but a new study published today by the scientific journal Addiction suggests that this relationship ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Health
Children exposed to intimate partner violence twice as likely to have poorer health
A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Criminology professor studies COVID's impact on gender-based violence
The pandemic has exacerbated risk factors for gender-based violence, such as unemployment and financial strain, substance use, isolation, depression anxiety, and general stress, according to the American Psychological Association. ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Majority of adults in Canada report adverse childhood experiences
New research from McMaster University has found that roughly three in every five Canadian adults aged 45 to 85 have been exposed to childhood abuse, neglect, intimate partner violence or other household adversity.
Mar 19, 2021
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Health
COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence, researchers suggest
While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence.
Feb 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Domestic violence survivor elder abuse risk
Australian researchers have called for additional services for survivors of intimate partner violence—warning those who have these experiences are more vulnerable to elder abuse.
Feb 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
ED visit volume dropped for mental health, substance use early in pandemic
(HealthDay)—Emergency department visits for mental health, substance use, and violence decreased in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Feb 17, 2021
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Effects of head trauma from intimate partner violence largely unrecognized
While there is an abundant amount of research about traumatic brain injuries in athletes and those serving in the military, the same data is scarce when it comes to concussions and head and neck injuries sustained due to ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Forearm fractures may signal intimate partner violence
Up to one-third of adult women who sustain a non-displaced fracture to the ulna bone of the forearm may be victims of intimate partner violence, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
Nov 30, 2020
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