Domestic Violence: The Psychiatrist’s Role in Detection and Intervention
Psychiatrists can play a key role in detecting signs of abuse, helping the individual to create a safety plan, and providing trauma interventions.
Violence and Aggression
A Primer on Intermittent Explosive Disorder
IED has comorbidities, including mood disorders, lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse.
SSRI Use Modestly Associated with Violent Crime
Link only seen in study participants aged 24 and younger.
Video Games Linked to Higher Aggression, But Not Violence
Link to actual violence is unclear, and other factors may be at play, APA task force says.
The Psychiatric Dangers of New Designer Drug ‘Flakka’
The synthetic stimulant “Flakka” can cause users to have thoughts or feelings of violence toward themselves or others.
Statins May Increase Aggression in Women, But Not Men
In general, statins were found to increase aggression in postmenopausal women, but decrease it in men.
Psychosis Infrequently Associated With Violent Crimes
Only 12% of violent incidents committed by high-risk psychiatric patients were preceded by hallucinations and delusions.
Children’s Exposure to Weapons Violence Ups Risk of Mental Illness
More than 25% of children have either been a victim of or have witnessed violence involving guns, knives, rocks and sticks, leading to trauma symptoms.
Suicide, Violence Risks in Schizophrenia Patients Appear to Grow
Long-term study finds rates of suicide, early death and violent crime continue to increase over time in patients with schizophrenia.
Some Psychiatric Drugs May Be Linked to Higher Homicide Risk
An study of people convicted of homicides found that using benzodiazepines was associated with a 45% increased risk of doing so.
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