On February 26–27, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop titled Mental Health and Violence: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Intervention. The workshop brought together advocates and experts in public health and mental health, anthropology, biomedical science, criminal justice, global health and development, and neuroscience to examine experience, evidence, and practice at the intersection of mental health and violence. Participants explored how violence impacts mental health and how mental health influences violence and discussed approaches to improve research and practice in both domains. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE: OPPORTUNITES FOR PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION
• FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION
• Reviewers
• 1. Overview
  • FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION
  • WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
• 2. Framing the Paradigm
  • VIOLENCE AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT CAN WE DO?
  • OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS FOR THE WORKSHOP
  • ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND VIOLENCE
  • NEUROCOGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
  • REFERENCES
• 3. At the Intersection of Mental Health and Violence
  • EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE
  • DETECTING AND ASSESSING MENTAL HEALTH DYSFUNCTION AND RISK FOR VIOLENCE
  • REFERENCES
• 4. Means and Modifiers
  • RESTRICTING THE MEANS OF VIOLENCE
  • ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS, AND VIOLENCE
  • REFERENCES
• 5. Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment
  • MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND VIOLENCE
  • INTERFACE WITH THE JUSTICE COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION
  • REFERENCES
• 6. Assembling the Pieces and Integrating Elements
  • EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION
  • REFLECTIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD
  • REFERENCES
• APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A. Workshop-Related Discussion Papers
  • Appendix B. Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix C. Workshop Speaker Biographies

Rapporteur: Deepali Patel.

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Violence and mental health: Opportunities for prevention and early intervention: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/24916.