The amount of media attention focused on the shooter in a mass killing sends the wrong message, says an Iowa State University associate professor of psychology. Douglas Gentile, an expert on media effects, says news reports ...
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A study has found that parents who reported playing video games with their children are about three times more likely to have a handle on the effects gaming have on young people as compared with adults who are not parents ...
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Mass shootings have become part of life in the United States, with deadly attacks occurring with an unsettling frequency. Since 2006, the U.S. has seen more than 200 mass killings with four or more victims, according to USA ...
Feb 10, 2016
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Ronald Schouten is the director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Law and Psychiatry Service and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has been studying the psychology of terrorism since the ...
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(HealthDay)—Mass shootings and the accompanying carnage have now become a regular part of life in America. And mental health experts warn that this steady drumbeat of violence could have major consequences for the nation's ...
Dec 3, 2015
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The medics treating the scores of victims in the Paris terror attacks came back without their belts—so great was the need in the field for tourniquets, medical personnel said Tuesday.
Nov 24, 2015
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Survivor's guilt can often be a byproduct of those who survive shootings like the most recent one in Oregon, says Josh Klapow, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health ...
Oct 9, 2015
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It's common for parents to wonder whether regular exposure to violent acts in the news can influence their children.
Jul 9, 2015
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Article Spotlight features summaries written in collaboration with authors of recently published articles by the Journals Program of the American Psychological Association. The articles are nominated by the editors as noteworthy ...
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Mass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners – such as those in Aurora, Colorado; Santa Barbara, California, and Newtown, Connecticut – perpetuate a commonly held belief that mental illness triggers violent crimes.
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