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Youth Who Feel Unsafe Have Trouble Delaying Gratification - March 11, 2008

Would you behave differently if you thought you could die tomorrow? For youth growing up in areas where personal safety is often at risk, this question informs daily behavior. Now, research from the University of Michigan's School of Public Health...
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PsychBriefs: December 2-December 8, 2007 - December 7, 2007

Neuroscientists Study Effects of Viewing Violence Watching violence lowers activity in areas of the brain that suppress aggressive behavior, shows new research from Columbia University. Using fMRIs while experiment subjects watched violent scenes, scientists observed quickly diminished activity and interconnectedness...
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Violent Programming Cultivates Aggressive Behavior in Boys - November 5, 2007

A Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute study published in the November issue of Pediatrics suggests the more violent television preschoolers view, the more likely particularly boys were to exhibit some degree of aggressive behavior in the future. While preschool girls...
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PsychBriefs: August 11 - 18, 2007 - August 17, 2007

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Army Suicide Rates Up Army suicide rates have risen to 99 soldiers for 2006, up from 87 in 2005. Of these,...
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More Teens Engaging in Self-Injury - August 13, 2007

Research published in the August 2007 issue of Psychological Medicine indicates that Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, has increased among high school students. Led by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and...
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Teen Girls in Juvenile Centers More Aggressive Than Male Peers - July 31, 2007

Incarcerated teen girls are more aggressive than boys in or out of juvenile detention centers, reports a study in the July issue of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice which shows that the percentage of girls that are aggressive while incarcerated...
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Dating Violence, Sexual Assault Linked To Suicide In Urban Teens - June 14, 2007

According to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, recent dating violence among urban teen females and lifetime history of sexual assault among urban teen males may be associated with suicide attempts. According to...
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PG-13 Films Teach Kids Violence - June 11, 2007

A report on top-earning movies marketed to adolescents published in Pediatrics shows that 87 percent of PG-13 films contain scenes of violence. Studying a sample of 77 films released between 1999 and 2000, researchers found 2251 acts of violence, with...
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Family Turmoil, Violence Put Physical Strain On Organs of Adolescents - April 24, 2007

Chronic exposure to psychological stressors including family problems, abuse, poor housing and exposure to violence may damage the organs of children and adolescents, report Cornell University researchers. Using blood pressure measurements and urine samples, the team measured allostatic load, "changes...
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Even E-Rated Games May Harm Kids, Show 3 New Studies - April 5, 2007

Just in case you doubted recent findings on the startling effects of video games on real-life behaviors, University of Iowa researchers have published a book discussing three new studies showing striking correlations between even cartoon-like video games and increased aggression...
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Racing Video Games May Lead to Real-Life Crashes - March 28, 2007

Men and women who play virtual driving games such as Grand Theft Auto are more likely to report engaging in hazardous driving and getting into accidents when the hit the road in real life, show German studies of 198 people....
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Scriptural Violence Prompts Aggression in Readers - March 22, 2007

A new study by University of Michigan researchers seeks to further understand the use of religion to justify acts of violence in countless instances ranging from the medieval Crusades to the events of 9/11. The study shows that, just as...
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Substance Abuse, PTSD Common Among Veterans - March 16, 2007

Nearly three times as many veterans are taking advantage of the two free years of health care offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) than did in Vietnam, many to be treated for mental health problems, shows a report...
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First Socio-Cultural Study of Serial Killers by US Region - January 25, 2007

The journal Homicide Studies has released results of the first ever study on regional and state differences in male serial killer activity in the United States--and news is bad for the U.S. South. Researchers examined both social factors such as...
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Mothers with PTSD Drawn to Violent Entertainment; Children May Suffer - October 31, 2006

A study of 76 mothers with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has found that these mothers watch more violent programming than other mothers, said researchers at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry...
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Torture Victims Suffer Long-Term Brain Trauma - October 27, 2006

Studies by a psychotraumatology research group show that torture may affect the way the brain works for years after the trauma. Studying a group of people who had experienced varying degrees of torture, researchers found not only evidence of dissociation,...
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Soldiers Suppressed War Traumas, Government Ignored Emotional Damages in Post-WWII Finland - August 22, 2006

Presenting findings from "The War That Follows Peace," at the Academy of Finland science breakfast, researcher Ville Kivimäki described the effects of war psychiatrists in shaping Finnish culture following the Second World War. While psychiatrists felt that soldiers had re...
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