Trauma And Violence

Strategies to reduce aggression in psychiatric treatment settings.

Here's an overview of motivation for assaults by chronically aggressive inpatients and steps to de-escalate.

The authors review the association between depression and violence, and the role that anger and emotional dysregulation play.

There is no predictive tool that is likely to have validity for rare outcomes such as terrorist attacks. More here.

Here's compelling reason for judicious use of restraint and seclusion, and a review of various alternative approaches.

How could this have happened? What could you do to keep yourself and your team safe from another code white?

Here’s a very unscientific survey of this year’s most meaningful issues is psychiatry. Quite a year.

Recent studies demonstrate the far-reaching effects of childhood trauma related to depression and suicidality in adulthood. The evidence to support these associations is presented here.

New research over the past decade has suggested that links between media violence and child aggression are less clear than previously thought. How has our understanding of media violence effects changed?

Is taking a medical history from a victim of human trafficking similar to taking a history from any other patient? Find out in this quiz.

The public has questioned the wisdom of a judge to release a psychiatric inpatient, but not just any patient. Enter our metaphoric haunted house at your own risk.

Medical, psychiatric, and/or developmental disorders can be falsified in a variety of ways. Know the warning signs often missed by clinicians.

Suggestions for what psychiatry can do to alleviate, contain, and eventually prevent or avoid the demolition of culture and health.

When did the US Supreme Court confirm the authority of states to intervene in family relationships to protect children? Find out in this quiz.

Art theory from the 20th century onward-despite the latter day efforts at denial-was nearly indistinguishable from psychoanalytic theory, and it parallels the philosophical struggles and pains that continue to plague psychiatry.

What policy prescriptions, if any, would you make on a federal level for reducing gun violence in America? That question and more answered.

The ability to diagnose pedophilia is key to preventing child sexual abuse: it makes possible accurate risk assessment and informed decisions regarding who is safe to work with children-and who is not.

In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, nearly half a million physicians declared war on gun violence. This story and more in our psychiatry roundup.

The research on electronic aggression among college students indicates that it is highly prevalent, with over 93% of college students reporting some negative effects due to electronic victimization.

This article reviews the different categories of elder abuse, emphasizing the role and requirements for psychiatrists, with a focus on financial elder abuse.

As 2015 comes to an end, here's what psychiatry can -- and can't -- bring to the table, especially when it comes to acts of terrorism.

A Q&A with David J. Morris, author of The Evil Hours, a moving biographical book based on a young veteran’s experience with PTSD.

I miss a gentler America-one where assault weapons and 14 dead people weren’t part of the daily ride to work. Can we work together to get back there?

Psychiatrists should not be afraid to assess parenting issues and other stressors when treating depressed or psychotic parents of young children.

What percentage of patients hospitalized for a first episode of schizophrenia who had threatened others had displayed overt signs of illness for over a year?