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 Violence Information - November 23, 2008
| Former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Richard Gere headlined the 16th International Conference on AIDS urging the world to unite against HIV/AIDS. Clinton told a panel discussion dubbed as a "double-Bill," "It's a breathtaking human tragedy...it's unacceptable | | According to a new study that examined data from 1998 to 2000, about one in 20 violent crimes or 45 violent crimes per 1,000 inhabitants are committed by people with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia or manic depression. Mental health advocates are split over whether this is a high or low percentage -some say that people with serious psychiatric disorders as significantly contributing to the amount of violent crime in society, while others say that the study shows that the widely held prejudices against people with mental illness are unwarranted and unfair. Michael Howlett, director of the Zito Trust, told BBC News, "This is a very high figure. And I think it is an under-estimate, which does not include those people with personality disorders who commit crimes. He does add, however, that most people with mental illnesses do not commit violent crimes | | Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston have found that parental verbal aggression is likely to cause psychiatric problems in children in later life, possibly more than physical abuse. All previous studies related to child abuse have focused on physical or sexual abuse and the effects of witnessing domestic violence; there has been very little evidence about the long-term effects of verbal abuse | | Call it a poor excuse if you will, but a new study out of the United Kingdom reveals that millions of men will be drinking their woes away this summer during the World Cup action in order to compensate for their poor athletic skills, or not being 'man enough to play'. Psychologists at the University of Sussex reveal that men who are not confident with their athletic ability or lack in sporting skills, drink instead to prove their masculinity | | Washington, DC (AHN)-A new study reveals that more than 40 percent of women surveyed in the Seattle area report they have been physically or psychologically abused by their husbands, dates or boyfriends | |
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