Every October, after school starts and each May, as it ends there is a spike in the number of teenagers who go to the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH) emergency department because they are thinking about attempting suicide. They may or may not have struggled with a mental health issue before. But they often…
A new national public opinion survey conduct by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds widespread agreement among gun owners, non gun owners, and across political party affiliations for many U.S. gun violence prevention policies. Allowing family members to ask a court to temporarily remove guns from a relative believe to be…
Mentally disordered offenders in China who are defined as “not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder” are given mandatory treatment by the government in forensic psychiatric hospitals (Ankang hospitals); which are similar to the medium and high security hospitals in the United Kingdom and the maximum security hospitals in North America. The aim of…
Despite complaints from residents about high-visibility crimes making rounds on social media, police officials say yearly crime rates are actually down when compare to last year and the average over the past five years. At a City Council Public Safety Committee meeting on Wednesday, Commander Robert Smith told council members that the city has seen…
There is safety in numbers. That’s one of the key findings of a study published today in CMAJ Open that found a child’s risk of death or injury in a residential fire was greatly reduced in neighbourhoods with larger than average households. Led by researchers with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) at BC…
Sexual assault is a traumatic event that affects people in different ways, both mentally and physically. So doctors and nurses know care immediately after an assault needs to be understanding, compassionate and sensitive. This is particularly so during forensic examinations where the main purpose is to collect evidence as quickly as possible after; but within…
Gun Violence; The rise of mass shootings happening at night clubs, music festivals, schools and even grocery stores, it seems nowhere is safe anymore. In the wake of these tragic events, many people have develop a heighten awareness of potential danger in public places. “With all these shootings they are hearing about it’s terrifying that…
Firearm injuries; Spikes in handgun purchases in 2012 after Sandy Hook and the re-election of President Obama have been linked to a 4% increase in firearm injury in California, a UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) study has fInd. The UC Davis School of Medicine study, will be published August in Injury Epidemiology, assess…
Case studies of individuals threatening mass violence suggest that extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), colloquially known as ‘red flag’ orders; so may play a role in preventing mass shootings. An aggregate summary and individual histories for a preliminary series of 21 cases are published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Preventing mass shootings Urgent, individualized interventions to…
Women who experience intimate partner violence, including physical, emotional, and controlling abuse, are more likely to suffer material hardship the inability to purchase food, housing, utilities, medical care or other needs for a healthy life, according to a Rutgers led study. The study, in the journal Violence Against Women, found that experiencing intimate partner violence…
Suicides; Today, faculty members at the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus announced the Colorado Gun Storage Map, the first online out-of-home firearm storage map in the country. Until now, there’s been no web-based resource to link community members and clinicians to off-site…
A meta-analysis was conduct to examine whether specialize psychological offense treatments were with reductions in offense specific and non-offense specific recidivism. Staff and treatment program moderators were also explore. The review examined 68 studies and 55,604 individuals who had offend. Three specialized treatments were examine: sexual offense, domestic violence, and general violence programs Sexual and…