Category: Abuse

Aggression and violence against doctors: Almost everyone is affected

From the DEUTSCHES AERZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL media release: Verbal abuse, aggressive behaviour, criminal damage to objects–such incidents are to be expected within certain professions. Hardly anyone had included doctors in this thinking,… Read more »

Cyberbullying linked to 6-fold increase in depression among female college students

From the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. media release: More than 1 in 4 females have experienced cyberbullying in college, increasing their risk for depression. Female college students who acted as… Read more »

Stressful duties linked with increased risk of sudden cardiac death among police officers

From the BMJ–British Medical Journal media release: The authors say their findings are applicable to law enforcement work outside the US and support the view that stressful work related activities… Read more »