Sentences with phrase «risk for homicide»

Several studies of inpatients have noted that depressed individuals are significantly less likely to be violent than individuals with other types of disorders.8 - 10, 23 Moreover, affective disorders were not found to be related to an increased risk for homicide in a Finnish cohort study.15 By contrast, other studies have found a relationship between affective disorders and homicide, 24 self - reported violent behavior, 2 and conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence.25 One possible explanation for these conflicting results could be the potential moderating role of alcohol abuse in this relationship.

Not exact matches

The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500 percent, independent of other risk factors for homicide, according to an American Journal of Public Health report.

Provisions in the bill include increasing the penalty for a repeat offense to a felony; allowing judges to consider risk factors such as firearm possession and violations of restraining orders in determining bail; and establishing a statewide Fatality Review Team to find new ways to prevent intimate partner homicides.

«Since empirical data suggest that most victims of homicide know their assailants, the higher risk for women strongly indicates domestic violence.»

«Our analysis shows that having access to firearms is a significant risk factor for men committing suicide and for women being victims of homicide,» said Andrew Anglemyer, PhD, MPH, an expert in study design and data analytics in Clinical Pharmacy and Global Health Sciences at UCSF, who is also a U.S. Army veteran.

Alcohol is an established risk factor for homicide perpetration and victimization.

«Given the risks involved with alcohol use, strengthening effective alcohol policies could help prevent homicides,» said Timothy Naimi, MD, the study's lead author who is a physician in general internal medicine at BMC and researcher at BMC's Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine.

• Crisis intervention for clients while on - call, including foster children and emergency referrals from the police, and any clients at high risk for suicide / homicide, and rapidly assess emergencies to manage crisis situations.

• Provided in - home individual therapy, family systems therapy, case management, and crisis intervention for clients, including those at high risk for suicide / homicide.

Performed in - home individual therapy, family systems therapy, case management, and crisis intervention for clients, including those at high risk for suicide / homicide.

• Crisis intervention for clients while on - call, including transitional shelter clients and out - patient clients at high risk for suicide / homicide.

The effect of the nurses and paraprofessionals on responsive mother - child interaction indicates that the program was operating as intended in helping parents provide more sensitive and responsive care for their children, which is thought to promote secure attachment and healthy emotional and behavioral development.49 The reductions in subsequent pregnancies and increases in interpregnancy intervals are particularly important as short interpregnancy intervals increase the risk of child maltreatment (including infant homicide among teen parents) 50 and compromise families» economic self - sufficiency.51

This population is at high risk for post traumatic stress disorder, depression, suicide, domestic violence, and homicide.