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Violence

MedGen UID:
21865
Concept ID:
C0042693
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Crime, Violent; Violent Crime; Violent Crimes

Definition

An act of aggression between individuals. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Whiting D, Lichtenstein P, Fazel S
Lancet Psychiatry 2021 Feb;8(2):150-161. Epub 2020 Oct 20 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30262-5. PMID: 33096045
Anderson KK, Jenson CE
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2019 Feb;33(1):112-119. Epub 2018 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.08.012. PMID: 30663614
Warburton KD, Scott CL
CNS Spectr 2014 Oct;19(5):366-7. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000492. PMID: 25296965

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hargreaves C, Wax JR
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2024 Aug 1;36(4):234-238. Epub 2024 May 16 doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000961. PMID: 38837222
Brockmyer JF
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2022 Jan;31(1):121-132. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2021.06.005. PMID: 34801150
Chisholm CA, Bullock L, Ferguson JEJ 2nd
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017 Aug;217(2):141-144. Epub 2017 May 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.042. PMID: 28551446
Martinez AJ
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 2016 Sep 1;54(9):31-6. doi: 10.3928/02793695-20160817-05. PMID: 27576226
Cantor J
J Adolesc Health 2000 Aug;27(2 Suppl):30-4. doi: 10.1016/s1054-139x(00)00129-4. PMID: 10904203

Diagnosis

Kemal S, Nwabuo A, Hoffmann J
Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Dec;70(6):1201-1215. Epub 2023 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.06.011. PMID: 37865440
Chan B, Sachs CJ
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2023 May;41(2):369-380. Epub 2023 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2023.01.007. PMID: 37024170
Aljohani B, Burkholder J, Tran QK, Chen C, Beisenova K, Pourmand A
Public Health 2021 Jul;196:186-197. Epub 2021 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.02.009. PMID: 34246105
East Mediterr Health J 2019 Jun 4;25(4):223-224. doi: 10.26719/2019.25.4.223. PMID: 31210341
Singh M
Indian J Pediatr 2017 Oct;84(10):768-773. Epub 2017 Aug 11 doi: 10.1007/s12098-017-2435-9. PMID: 28799002

Therapy

Coventry PA, Meader N, Melton H, Temple M, Dale H, Wright K, Cloitre M, Karatzias T, Bisson J, Roberts NP, Brown JVE, Barbui C, Churchill R, Lovell K, McMillan D, Gilbody S
PLoS Med 2020 Aug;17(8):e1003262. Epub 2020 Aug 19 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003262. PMID: 32813696Free PMC Article
DeCou CR, Comtois KA, Landes SJ
Behav Ther 2019 Jan;50(1):60-72. Epub 2018 Mar 22 doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2018.03.009. PMID: 30661567
Ahmad I, Ali PA, Rehman S, Talpur A, Dhingra K
J Clin Nurs 2017 Nov;26(21-22):3271-3285. Epub 2017 Mar 22 doi: 10.1111/jocn.13706. PMID: 28029719
Gillies D, Maiocchi L, Bhandari AP, Taylor F, Gray C, O'Brien L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Oct 11;10(10):CD012371. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012371. PMID: 27726123Free PMC Article
Fazel S, Hayes AJ, Bartellas K, Clerici M, Trestman R
Lancet Psychiatry 2016 Sep;3(9):871-81. Epub 2016 Jul 14 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30142-0. PMID: 27426440Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Brennan V
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2021;32(3):ix-x. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0110. PMID: 34421009
Winker M, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara FP
BMJ 2020 Mar 23;368:m1074. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1074. PMID: 32205314
Health Aff (Millwood) 2019 Oct;38(10):1612-1613. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01063. PMID: 31589520
Bhaskaran K, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Douglas IJ, Smeeth L
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2018 Dec;6(12):944-953. Epub 2018 Oct 30 doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(18)30288-2. PMID: 30389323Free PMC Article
Lozano R, Naghavi M, Foreman K, Lim S, Shibuya K, Aboyans V, Abraham J, Adair T, Aggarwal R, Ahn SY, Alvarado M, Anderson HR, Anderson LM, Andrews KG, Atkinson C, Baddour LM, Barker-Collo S, Bartels DH, Bell ML, Benjamin EJ, Bennett D, Bhalla K, Bikbov B, Bin Abdulhak A, Birbeck G, Blyth F, Bolliger I, Boufous S, Bucello C, Burch M, Burney P, Carapetis J, Chen H, Chou D, Chugh SS, Coffeng LE, Colan SD, Colquhoun S, Colson KE, Condon J, Connor MD, Cooper LT, Corriere M, Cortinovis M, de Vaccaro KC, Couser W, Cowie BC, Criqui MH, Cross M, Dabhadkar KC, Dahodwala N, De Leo D, Degenhardt L, Delossantos A, Denenberg J, Des Jarlais DC, Dharmaratne SD, Dorsey ER, Driscoll T, Duber H, Ebel B, Erwin PJ, Espindola P, Ezzati M, Feigin V, Flaxman AD, Forouzanfar MH, Fowkes FG, Franklin R, Fransen M, Freeman MK, Gabriel SE, Gakidou E, Gaspari F, Gillum RF, Gonzalez-Medina D, Halasa YA, Haring D, Harrison JE, Havmoeller R, Hay RJ, Hoen B, Hotez PJ, Hoy D, Jacobsen KH, James SL, Jasrasaria R, Jayaraman S, Johns N, Karthikeyan G, Kassebaum N, Keren A, Khoo JP, Knowlton LM, Kobusingye O, Koranteng A, Krishnamurthi R, Lipnick M, Lipshultz SE, Ohno SL, Mabweijano J, MacIntyre MF, Mallinger L, March L, Marks GB, Marks R, Matsumori A, Matzopoulos R, Mayosi BM, McAnulty JH, McDermott MM, McGrath J, Mensah GA, Merriman TR, Michaud C, Miller M, Miller TR, Mock C, Mocumbi AO, Mokdad AA, Moran A, Mulholland K, Nair MN, Naldi L, Narayan KM, Nasseri K, Norman P, O'Donnell M, Omer SB, Ortblad K, Osborne R, Ozgediz D, Pahari B, Pandian JD, Rivero AP, Padilla RP, Perez-Ruiz F, Perico N, Phillips D, Pierce K, Pope CA 3rd, Porrini E, Pourmalek F, Raju M, Ranganathan D, Rehm JT, Rein DB, Remuzzi G, Rivara FP, Roberts T, De León FR, Rosenfeld LC, Rushton L, Sacco RL, Salomon JA, Sampson U, Sanman E, Schwebel DC, Segui-Gomez M, Shepard DS, Singh D, Singleton J, Sliwa K, Smith E, Steer A, Taylor JA, Thomas B, Tleyjeh IM, Towbin JA, Truelsen T, Undurraga EA, Venketasubramanian N, Vijayakumar L, Vos T, Wagner GR, Wang M, Wang W, Watt K, Weinstock MA, Weintraub R, Wilkinson JD, Woolf AD, Wulf S, Yeh PH, Yip P, Zabetian A, Zheng ZJ, Lopez AD, Murray CJ, AlMazroa MA, Memish ZA
Lancet 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2095-128. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61728-0. PMID: 23245604Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Evli M, Şimşek N, Işıkgöz M, Öztürk Hİ
Int J Soc Psychiatry 2023 Mar;69(2):351-361. Epub 2022 Apr 26 doi: 10.1177/00207640221090964. PMID: 35470724
Dalhuisen L, Koenraadt F, Liem M
Crim Behav Ment Health 2017 Feb;27(1):59-75. Epub 2015 Nov 25 doi: 10.1002/cbm.1984. PMID: 26602887
Nat Neurosci 2003 Jul;6(7):647. doi: 10.1038/nn0703-647. PMID: 12830147
Steinert T
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 2002;(412):133-41. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s412.29.x. PMID: 12072145
Dolan M, Doyle M
Br J Psychiatry 2000 Oct;177:303-11. doi: 10.1192/bjp.177.4.303. PMID: 11116770

Recent systematic reviews

Kumari A, Sarkar S, Ranjan P, Chopra S, Kaur T, Baitha U, Chakrawarty A, Klanidhi KB
Work 2022;73(2):415-427. doi: 10.3233/WOR-210046. PMID: 35431213
Aljohani B, Burkholder J, Tran QK, Chen C, Beisenova K, Pourmand A
Public Health 2021 Jul;196:186-197. Epub 2021 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.02.009. PMID: 34246105
Liu J, Gan Y, Jiang H, Li L, Dwyer R, Lu K, Yan S, Sampson O, Xu H, Wang C, Zhu Y, Chang Y, Yang Y, Yang T, Chen Y, Song F, Lu Z
Occup Environ Med 2019 Dec;76(12):927-937. Epub 2019 Oct 13 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105849. PMID: 31611310
Edward KL, Ousey K, Warelow P, Lui S
Br J Nurs 2014 Jun 26-Jul 9;23(12):653-4, 656-9. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2014.23.12.653. PMID: 25039630
Fazel S, Gulati G, Linsell L, Geddes JR, Grann M
PLoS Med 2009 Aug;6(8):e1000120. Epub 2009 Aug 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000120. PMID: 19668362Free PMC Article

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