Gun violence is related to substantial morbidity and mortality with surrounding discussions framed and shaped by the media. This study's objective was to explore national news media's reporting of gun violence around a mass shooting. National news pieces were coded according to categories of gun violence, media frames, entities held responsible, responses, and reporting of the public heath appr...

Childhood maltreatment is associated with multiple adverse outcomes in adulthood including poor mental health and violence. We investigated direct and indirect pathways from childhood maltreatment to adult violence perpetration and the explanatory role of psychiatric morbidity. Analyses were based on a population survey of 2,928 young men 21-34 years in Great Britain in 2011, with boost surveys...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to examine associations between deaths owing to terrorism, civil war, and one-sided violence from 1994-2000 and substance use disorder disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). METHODS The relationship between terrorism, and related violence and substance use disorder morbidity and mortality among World Health Organization Member States in 2002, control...

SIR WILLIAM OSLER, IN HIS FINAL PUBLISHED LECTURE, THE EVOLUtion of Modern Medicine, discussed with great optimism the emergence of preventive medicine. He marveled at the successful public health campaigns against malaria and yellow fever that decreased morbidity and mortality by “up to an order of magnitude”. Since early in the last century, scientific data have correlated clinical illness wi...

This article describes a growing body of evidence showing the adverse effects of the widening income gap on the health and welfare of children and young people. The effects of this go well beyond morbidity and mortality and can also be seen in the areas of crime, violence, and educational attainment. There is a need for evidence based policy in this area, but meanwhile there is scope for interv...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether the association between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and violence is explained by ADHD symptoms or co-existing psychopathology. We investigated associations of ADHD and its symptom domains of hyperactivity and inattention, among individuals reporting violence in the UK population. METHODS We report data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity S...

BACKGROUND Youth violence is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents, yet rarely discussed during preventative care visits. The aim of this study was to understand the perspectives of adolescents on youth violence and health, and to determine facilitators and barriers to discussion in the primary care setting. METHODS We conducted 5 structured focus groups with ...