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Violent Disorder - Articles
What is the Difference between Violent and Non-violent Stalkers?
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Dr. Romeo V.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:16pm
A study in a recent issue of the J ournal of Forensic Sciences examines different factors that
differentiated between physically violent and nonviolent stalkers. Using....
Overall, physically violent stalkers are more likely to: (a) have a
stronger previous emotional attachment toward their victim; (b) be more
highly fixated/obsessed with their victim
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Violent Video Games Don't Predict Aggressive Behavior
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HealthFinder
Posted
Fri 17 Dec 2010 12:00pm
) -- Exposure to violent video games or television shows is not a strong predictor of aggression or violence among youth, says a new study from Texas A&M International University.
Instead, it found that depression influences children and teens levels of aggression and violence.
The study's dismissal of violent video games as a risk factor in aggression
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Violent Video Games Don't Predict Aggressive Behavior
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Medline Plus
Posted
Fri 17 Dec 2010 4:00pm
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to violent video games or television shows is not a strong predictor of aggression or violence among youth, says a new study from Texas A&M International University.
Instead, it found that depression influences children and teens levels of aggression and violence.
The study's dismissal of violent video
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The Violent Person
by
Anthony R.
Posted
Sat 09 May 2009 10:42pm
Is there a violent person in your midst? Maybe he or she is suffering from psychosis. Although psychosis and violence are not synonymous with each other, psychosis is one... is defined as the absence of one’s ability to distinguish between what is real and what is not. According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, psychosis
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Violent Video Games May Not Desensitize Kids: Study
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HealthFinder
Posted
Wed 23 Feb 2011 12:00pm
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A long-standing concern among parents and researchers has been that young people who are exposed to violent video games may become desensitized to violent acts and images, but a new study suggests that may not be the case.
Canadian researchers comparing gamers to non-gamers found that in the long run, gamers were just
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Violent Media Can Desensitize the Minds of Young Males
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Medline Plus
Posted
Tue 19 Oct 2010 11:00am
desensitization may be taking place that might be even more troublesome, the researchers said.
"There are always going to be people who are violent no matter what they're exposed... the violence and aggressive behavior are allowed to get away with it more because society is not going to police it as much."
Prior studies have indicated that violent media can make
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Risk factors For Violent Crime in Schizophrenia
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Dr. Romeo V.
Posted
Thu 30 Apr 2009 1:36pm
A study published in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry examined the role of familial risk factors in occurrence of violent crime in patients with schizophrenia. The researchers used a cohort study that followed up patients with 2 or more hospitalizations for schizophrenia and investigated the risk for a violent conviction. All
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What is Turning our Servicemen Violent at Home?
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Kim S.
Posted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 2:56pm
The New York Times has a chilling article about servicemen who are turning violent once home. Our own Dan Olmsted wrote about the malaria drug Lariam, and its connection to murder/suicides in military members while he was with UPI. (Click...
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