Acquired capability for suicide (ACS), defined as pain tolerance and fearlessness about death, is theorized as necessary to enact suicide. This study examined the associations of interpersonal violence and alcohol use with ACS in 502 college students. General fearlessness/pain tolerance was positively associated with male gender and alcohol use. Fearlessness about death was positively associate...

BACKGROUND: To enhance the understanding of biological mechanisms connecting early adversity and negative health, we examine the association between family interpersonal violence and disruption and telomere length in youth. These specific exposures were selected because of their established links with negative health consequences across the life-course. METHODS: Children, age 5 to 15, were recr...

Study of the professions, and the process of professionalisation as an occupational strategy, has mainly concentrated on investigating structures of power, rather than individual and deliberate use of power. This chapter provides a microanalysis of power relations by examining professional power and hierarchy in interpersonal relations within the workplace. It makes links across the spectrum of...

The high rate of suicides among parricidal offenders has important treatment implications. It suggests that the assessment and management of the risks of suicide and of interpersonal violence need to be conducted in an integrative fashion. It highlights the role of hopelessness and despair in parricidal acts and the need to target these for treatment, ideally by combining group and individual p...

Interpersonal violence comprises a variety of different types that occur between individuals, including perpetrated by strangers and acquaintances, intimate partners family members. is leading cause death, particularly among young adults. Inconsistencies in definitions approaches to the measurement interpersonal mean it difficult clearly understand its prevalence differences similarities subcat...

BACKGROUND Little published data are available concerning the death and disability of adolescent girls resulting from interpersonal violence (adolescents are defined as those aged 12-18 years in this study). OBJECTIVES To determine whether there were sex differences in (a) the characteristics of those who were injured or died, (b) injury severity and outcomes, and (c) injury mechanism; and to...

Preventing interpersonal violence Christopher R Mikton et al. (36–48) propose research priorities. Travel restrictions during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak Wendy Rhymer and Rick Speare (10–17) evaluate countries’ response to WHO’s travel recommendations. Biological outcomes and behavioural risks Maureen Miller and Emily Hagan (62–68) describe other aspects of surveillance needed for pandemic pre...