Behind Closed Doors: Individual Efforts to Stop Violence
The fact that violence was recognized as a public health problem in the early 1970s allows researchers to probe factors that contribute to violence and do something about it. Jenny Trotter, a counselor and child advocate in Atlanta, Georgia, initiat...
Behind Closed Doors: Violence Spreading from Poor to Affluent Neighborhoods
Though violence impacts every race and ethnic group, it disproportionately impacts the poor. The inner cities of the U. S. are hotbeds of violence that many people avoid. In recent years, as violence has seeped into more affluent neighborhoods, more...
Violence: Emotional and Physical
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the continuum of violence, from emotional to physical to sexual. Dr Heger notes that, in many cases, emotional violence as expressed throu...
Violence Prevention
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, refers to two medical models as she discusses strategies for dealing with the epidemic of violence in the United States. The first of these is the dis...
Violence and Genetics
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about a family in Holland that included multiple individuals who were violent criminals. This behavior prompted scientists to explore possible gen...
Violence as a Health Risk
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the scale of violence in the United States. Dr. Heger reports that violence is the leading single cause of trauma to women between the age...
Social and Interpersonal Implications of Psychiatric Illnesses
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about how difficult it is to confide in friends or someone you're going out with that you have a serious psychiatric disorder for which you're being treated. Dr Jamison also urges schools...
People to People: Biological Precursors to Violence and Aggression
Relations between people can be marked by aggression and violence, conditions that have both biological and psychological undertones. Jean Chen Chi has conducted experiments with the MAO-A gene that when missing in males results in aggressive behavi...
The Growing Years: Accident Prevention--A Challenge for Parents
Keeping children safe is a challenge for any parent. Children two to four years of age are prone to injuries and accidents so it is important to look for hidden dangers in the home. As children get older they may resist wearing protective devices wh...
Forensics and Violence
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the great strides that have been made by forensic medicine in determining the extent and nature of physical abuse in cases of domestic vio...