Violence

Threats of school violence appeared to increase in the weeks following a school shooting in which there was significant media attention, according to study results published in Psychiatric Annals.

The COVID-19 pandemic appeared to shift ED use and priorities for care, particularly related to mental health, substance use and violence risk screening and prevention, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Students who experienced a concussion were more likely to engage in potentially risky and dangerous behaviors than their peers who were not concussed, an analysis showed. However, researchers could not establish causality.

The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts related to mitigating its spread were associated with increases in worry about violence for oneself and others, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.

Neighborhood-level armed violence appeared associated with increased risk for major depressive disorder among children, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Cannabis use appeared moderately associated with physical violence among young adults, according to results of a meta-analysis published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Globally, approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, sexual or psychological violence “because countries have failed to follow establish strategies to protect them,” WHO and other organizations warned in a new report.

Intimate partner violence remained prevalent among middle-aged and older women and was associated with morbidity in these populations, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Recurrent aggressive behavior with clinically significant consequences to those who demonstrate it and those around them is common among both adolescents and adults, according to results of a survey study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. However, researchers noted that most aggressive individuals do not receive treatment for their behavior.

Patients with psychiatric disorders are significantly more likely to be victimized by or perpetrators of violence than those without psychiatric disorders, according to findings of a nationwide cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.