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Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence not upholding domestic violence legislation by Maria Phelps Posted Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:06pm I'd like to post this story here tonight because I'd like to discuss the roles of these large Coalitions "against domestic violence". Tonight this story was all over... victims of domestic violence, this sounds like a great idea, but the Coalitions are speaking out against this. "Jo Anne Sanders, the executive director of the Suffolk County Read on »

Courtesy of Survivors in Action: Domestic Violence Shelters and Advocates noticeably absent for Domestic Violence press conferen by Maria Phelps Posted Tue 21 Sep 2010 12:00am Abuse shelters, domestic violence advocates noticeably absent during domestic violence legislative rally in Poughkeepsie, NY yesterday. After the tragic slaying of Linda... candidate, Alyssa Kogon. Noticeably absent at the press conference were domestic violence representatives from the local shelters, state and national domestic violence coalitions Read on »

Tempering Real-Life Violence with Media Violence? by CMCH Posted Thu 09 Apr 2009 7:14pm A recent NY Times article explored a study which concluded that because violent movies attract violent people and keep them contained in movie theaters, there are 1,000 less violent crimes every week. On the one hand, this seems like a time displacement argument with a very narrow focus -- akin to saying that there are less people playing f ... Read on »

Does Alcohol Involvement Increase the Severity of Intimate Partner Violence? by Jason Schwartz, LMSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 03 Feb 2010 6:51pm A pretty intuitive finding. That domestic violence is more severe when alcohol is present. Read on »

Violence and mental illness by Larry Drain Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 19 Jul 2010 10:48pm This addresses much of the stigma based perceptions about mental illness and violence as well as anything I know. Read on »

Is There Really a Link Between Violence and Mental Illness? – Health Blog – WSJ by Larry Drain Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 14 Jan 2011 8:43pm Is There Really a Link Between Violence and Mental Illness? – Health Blog – WSJ . Read on »

NSPCC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN by clover18 Posted Fri 25 Sep 2009 3:28pm http://www.nspcccampaignwall.org.uk/ Read on »

New Support Group for Adoptive Parents of Children Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence by maeflye Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 6:13am Read on »

Stop Nursing Violence by Taralynn M. Registered Nurse

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 3:15pm This is such an important issue that I am posting it on each of my blogs. Go to my "A Nurse Attorney's Thoughts" to read my post on horizontal violence where I discuss "nurses eat their young." Read on »