INTRODUCTION In public perception, mental illness and violence remain inextricably intertwined, and much of the stigma associated with mental illness may be due to a tendency to conflate mental illness with the concept of dangerousness. This perception is further augmented by the media which sensationalises violent crimes committed by persons with mental illness, particularly mass shootings, an...

Abstract In this article, we discuss uses of “harassment” as a category employed by young students from public high schools to make sense violence and gender discrimination experiences that occur in out school. The analysis is based on fieldwork records produced within the scope multicenter, mixed-methods research carried nine located São Paulo. Harassment appears polysemic that, naming violenc...

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In this cross-sectional survey conducted from August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010, 400 women with primary infertility attending Valiasr reproductive health research center in Tehran, Iran, were interviewed using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales questionnaire (CTS2). This instrument was developed to investigate the presence domestic violence. A total of 247 women (61.8%) reported having experi...

objective: family violence, specifically domestic violence, has been identified by the medical community as a serious, no remitting epidemic with adverse health consequences. world health organization(who) has stated that violence against women is a priority issue in the fields of health and human rights. a quasi experimental study were conducted in different faculties of tehran university of m...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study assessed the frequency of discrimination, harassment, and violence and the associated factors among a random sample of 1000 lesbian, gay men, and bisexual women and men recruited from randomly selected public venues in Italy. METHODS A face-to-face interview sought information about: socio-demographics, frequency of discrimination, verbal harassment, and ...