Psychology & Psychiatry
The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community
What makes R. Kelly's alleged sexual abuse of black girls different than that of other big-name alleged perpetrators, like Woody Allen?
May 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
An understudied form of child abuse and intimate terrorism: parental alienation
The scene: a bitter divorce, and a custody battle over the couple's 7-year-old son. Awarded full custody, the mother—perhaps seeking revenge? - sets out to destroy the son's relationship with his father. The mother tells ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychological intervention proves 'life-changing' for women experiencing domestic abuse
Training domestic violence and abuse (DVA) advocates to deliver psychological support to women experiencing DVA could significantly improve the health of those affected. In a randomised controlled trial led by researchers ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Health
Gender violence and child maltreatment have a common geographical distribution, research shows
For the first time, the relationship between partner violence against women and child maltreatment in very small geographical areas has been analysed in the 552 census sectors of Valencia, areas of around 630 to 2,845 inhabitants. ...
Jun 12, 2018
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Health
Violence against women in resource-limited settings: A WHO behavioral intervention
A randomized controlled trial has shown that a brief behavioral treatment delivered by community lay workers significantly reduced psychological distress in women exposed to gender-based violence. In a study published in ...
Aug 15, 2017
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Health
Exposure to psychological domestic abuse most damaging to children's wellbeing
Exposure to psychological abuse between parents is more damaging to children's wellbeing as they grow older than physical domestic violence, according to new research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland.
May 15, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers report connection between intimate partner violence and barriers to cancer recovery
Researchers in the UK College of Public Health, UK College of Medicine and Center for Research on Violence Against Women collaborated on a recent study indicating victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) experience poorer ...
Feb 23, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study IDs key indicators linking violence and mental illness
New research from North Carolina State University, RTI International, Arizona State University and Duke University Medical Center finds a host of factors that are associated with subsequent risk of adults with mental illness ...
Dec 22, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Teens who 'sext' experience more violence: study
Teenagers who exchange digital messages with sexual content, a practice known as sexting, are more likely to experience violence in love relationships, a study has found.
Aug 5, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologist develops scale to measure masculine honor beliefs
A Kansas State University researcher has devised a scale to the measure the degree to which men believe they must respond when provoked.
Mar 1, 2016
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