More than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking at the hands of their significant other. Medscape Medical News
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Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The study also found that most of the women reporting postnatal depressive symptoms first reported this at six months after birth or later…
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(MedPage Today) — Although media attention has focused on pollution as the main health problem with Marcellus Shale gas development, the most significant health impacts may be “boom town” effects including stress, alcoholism, and violence. Second of two articles.
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Researchers have long claimed that physical abuse and marginalization lead to criminal activity; however, women in prison are taught to overlook socioeconomic issues and blame only themselves for their behavior, according to the new study “Experiences of Interpersonal Violence and Criminal Legal Control: A Mixed Method Analysis,” published in SAGE Open…
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Even after women have separated from an abusive partner, the violence still costs Canadians an estimated $6.9 billion a year, according to research at the University of British Columbia. Led by UBC Nursing Prof…
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Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the first population-based investigation to examine sexual violence victimization against men with disabilities…
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The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research. It is the first time there has been an in-depth look at violence in the intimate relationships of disadvantaged teenagers who are not in mainstream education…
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A new study uses - for the first time - recorded jailhouse telephone conversations between men charged with felony domestic violence and their victims to help reveal why some victims decide not to follow through on the charges…
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Patients with military-related, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and symptoms that were not improved with use of an antidepressant medication did not experience a reduction in PTSD symptoms with use of the antipsychotic medication risperidone, according to a study in the August 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
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A study in the August 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights, revealed that women who suffered gender-based violence, such as rape, sexual assault, intimate partner violence and stalking, had a higher associated lifetime ratio of mental health disorders, dysfunction and disability…
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