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...
Children and Violence (Part Two)
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, continues her discussion of children who are the victims of violence. She focuses here on the emotional journey of a young girl who had been the victi...