Emergency department screening tool predicts firearm violence risk
1. In this prospective longitudinal study, the SaFETy score effectively predicted firearm violence risk among young adults presenting to the ...
Tag: violence
Sustained participation in hospital-based intervention programs reduces future community violence
1. In this retrospective cohort study, sustained participation in hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) reduced the risk of future violence, ...
St. Louis hospital-based violence intervention program did not significantly affect reinjury outcomes
1. In this pilot cohort study, a multi-system hospital-based violence intervention program in the St. Louis region did not significantly ...
Homicide deaths are on the rise for children living in the United States
1. The homicide rate for children in the United States has increased by an average of 4.3% per year since 2013. ...
Religiosity may not be a mediator between violence in childhood and adulthood
1. In this study, individuals who suffered less violence during childhood were more religious in adulthood. 2. Religiosity did not ...
Wellness Check: Spirituality
The influence of body-mind-spirit interventions on well-being may be poorly understood 1. Few studies included all concepts of the Body-Mind-Spirit ...
Parents desensitized with increasing exposure to movie violence/sex
1. In a study evaluating parental desensitization to movies containing violent and sexual content, parents were found to consistently lower ...
Schizophrenia linked with higher rates of violence, suicide, and early mortality
1. Within the first five years of diagnosis with schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder, patients were at a much ...
Children’s exposure to violence and delinquency likely declined in past decade
Image: PD 1. From 2003 to 2011, there were significant declines in children’s exposure to violence, crime, and abuse; rates ...
PG-13/R movies similar in violence and risk behavior volume
Image: PD 1. A review of violence and its co-occurrence with other risk behaviors including tobacco use, alcohol use, and ...
