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Experts Available to Discuss Psychological Needs in the MilitaryWith the tragic events at Fort Hood in Texas, the nation’s attention is firmly focused on the physical and psychological well being of America’s armed forces. Since 2005, UMDNJ has operated a New Jersey Veterans’ Helpline, where those in the military - as well as their families - can reach a trained counselor, who also is a military veteran, 24 hours a day. |
Released: 11/9/2009 8:30 PM EST
Expert Available University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) |
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Expert on Issues Related to Veterans Suicide Available for Comment on Ft. Hood ShootingDavid Rudd, dean of t the University of Utah's college of social and behavioral science, is a clinical suicidologist. He has also served as consultant to the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. |
Released: 11/6/2009 5:00 PM EST
Expert Available University of Utah |
LifeChannels:Story Ideas: Business, Story Ideas: Life, Guns and Violence
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Workplace Aggression Expert Cautions Employers to Look For ‘Hostile Attribution Style’ When Laying Off EmployeesAs the economic downturn forces more companies to lay off workers, a workplace aggression expert at the University of New Hampshire cautions employers about what to do and not do when breaking bad news to employees and to be watchful for employees who exhibit a “hostile attribution style.” |
Released: 11/6/2009 4:10 PM EST
Expert Available University of New Hampshire |
LifeChannels:Behavior/Psychology, Guns and Violence
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Professors Available to Discuss Bystander Phenomena in CrimesWhen a California high school student was gang raped recently, as many as two dozen people stood by while the girl was assaulted. Two UNH researchers have extensively studied the bystander phenomena in sexual assaults and are available to discuss it. |
Released: 10/30/2009 11:10 AM EDT
Expert Available University of New Hampshire |
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Could Bystander Education Have Halted Sexual Assault on Teen Girl?A troubling sexual assault case raises questions about the role of bystanders. Meanwhile, the University of Kentucky has received a $2 million CDC grant to take a bystander education/violence prevention program into high schools. |
Released: 10/27/2009 2:30 PM EDT
University of Kentucky |
LifeChannels:Home, Guns and Violence, Behavior/Psychology
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Violence Between Couples Is Usually CalculatedViolence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study by Dr. Eila Perkis at the University of Haifa. |
Released: 10/18/2009 7:00 AM EDT
University of Haifa |
LifeChannels:Children's Health, Guns and Violence
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Study Finds High Rates of Childhood Exposure to Violence and Abuse in U.S.A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year. |
Released: 10/7/2009 7:00 AM EDT
University of New Hampshire |
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Study Asks, Protection or Peril? Gun Possession of Questionable Value in an AssaultIn a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun. |
Released: 9/30/2009 12:00 PM EDT
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
LifeChannels:Government/Law, Guns and Violence
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Political Scientists Win $205,000 to Study International Conflict ResolutionTwo political scientists, Dr. Douglas Gibler and Dr Karl DeRouen, have received a grant of $205,000 from the National Science Foundation to analyze the effectiveness of political settlements in ending international conflict. |
Released: 9/24/2009 4:15 PM EDT
University of Alabama |
MedicineChannels:Education, Children's Health, Behavior/Psychology, Guns and Violence
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Schools Failing When It Comes to Bullying, Violence PreventionC.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds few parents would grade schools with an "A" for school bullying and violence prevention programs. |
Released: 9/10/2009 2:15 PM EDT
University of Michigan Health System |

