Is psychiatry becoming more coercive?

Is HIV becoming more virulent?

Is Transnational Terrorism Becoming More Threatening?

Is the Labor Market Becoming More or Less Gradational?

ity within the United States has led to much debate about its sources and causes. It is hardly surprising that such a sudden takeoff in inequality, one that reversed what had been a decades-long decline, would generate so much research on its causes. Important as the resulting causal agenda has been, it is perhaps equally important to examine the consequences of the takeoff, especially its cons...

Sexually Coercive Male Chimpanzees Sire More Offspring

In sexually reproducing animals, male and female reproductive strategies often conflict. In some species, males use aggression to overcome female choice, but debate persists over the extent to which this strategy is successful. Previous studies of male aggression toward females among wild chimpanzees have yielded contradictory results about the relationship between aggression and mating behavio...

Policies regarding coercive care in Swedish child and adolescent psychiatry

Results A great variation was found between the different clinics regarding the estimated numbers of involuntarily admitted patients and the practice regarding local guidelines for involuntary hospitalization and treatment, information to patients and relatives, and follow-up of coercive measures. There was a notable difference in the handling of voluntarily admitted inpatients that were also c...