Category: Abuse

Intimate partner violence shows bidirectional link with maternal perinatal depression

From the PLOS media release: Intimate partner violence (IPV) severity has a statistically significant association with depression symptom severity among pregnant women and new mothers living in poor neighborhoods in Cape… Read more »

Study links Facebook connections, alcohol use in college-aged females

From the University of Georgia media release: Researchers at the University of Georgia have found links between certain patterns of connections among Facebook friends and drug and alcohol use among college-aged… Read more »

Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective

From the University of Queen Mary London media release: Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies,… Read more »

Strong family bonds reduce anxiety in young people with lived experience of domestic violence

From the British Psychological Society media release: Strong relationships with other family members can help raise self-esteem and reduce anxiety for some young people who grow up in homes affected… Read more »

Emergency department counseling program fails to reduce intimate partner violence or heavy drinking among at-risk women

From the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania media release: A large randomized clinical trial of an emergency department (ED)-based program aimed at reducing incidents of excessive… Read more »