Domestic Violence News

Greater Odds of Domestic Violence for Two-Income Couples

November 30th, 2012
Greater Odds of Domestic Violence for Two-Income Couples Intimate partner violence is two times more likely to occur in two income households, compared to those where only one ...

Embattled Childhood May Be Real Source of PTSD for Soldiers

November 20th, 2012
Embattled Childhood May Be Real Source of PTSD for Soldiers  Traumatic experiences in childhood -- not combat -- may predict which soldiers develop post-traumatic ...

Marriage, Education Buffer Effects of Childhood Abuse

October 17th, 2012
Marriage, Education Buffers Effects of Childhood Abuse  Adults who had been abused or neglected as children reported worse mental and physical health in their 30s than their peers who were not abused, according ...

Money Stress, Partner Violence Early On Have Long-Term Impact on Mothering

October 4th, 2012
Money Stress, Partner Violence Early On Have Long-Term Impact on MotheringResearchers discover stress during the first year of a relationship can influence the ...

One-Third of Teen Victims of Dating Violence Report More Than One Abuser

September 19th, 2012
One Third of Teen Victims of Dating Violence Report More Than One AbuserMore than one-third of people who report being victims of ...

Checklist Helps ID Individuals at Risk for Violence

September 5th, 2012
Checklist Helps ID Individuals at Risk for Violence New research finds that a simple tool can help inexperienced psychiatrists predict the risk of violence among patients. Beginning with the Columbine high school massacre and buoyed ...

Accusing Your Partner of Infidelity Trigger for Domestic Abuse

August 2nd, 2012
Accusing Your Partner of Infidelity Trigger for Domestic AbuseAn analysis of jailhouse phone calls between men charged with felony domestic violence and their victims shows that ...

Why Childhood Suffering Can Lead to Depression — And Even Addiction

August 2nd, 2012
Why Childhood Suffering Can Lead to Depression, AddictionIt has long been established that childhood trauma increases a person’s risk for developing depression and addiction ...

Parental Abuse Increases Child’s Risk of Cancer in Adulthood

July 18th, 2012
Parental Abuse Increases Childs Risk of Cancer in AdulthoodA new study suggests abuse of a child by a parent can increase the child’s chance of developing cancer ...

Asian-Americans Rarely Report Domestic Violence

July 17th, 2012
Some Ethnicities Slow to Report Domestic Violence A new study finds that Asian-American victims of domestic violence rarely seek care from health providers or report it to law enforcement. Asian-Americans ...