Violence

Journal Article

Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adult Latino Primary Care Patients Living in the United States with Previous Exposure to Political Violence — Jan 1, 2003

Latino immigrants in primary care in Los Angeles have a high prevalence of exposure to political violence before immigrating to the United States.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area

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Are the Dissociative Criteria in ASD Useful? — Jan 1, 2003

Patients with cancer commonly try a variety of nontraditional treatments that fit the broad category known as Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

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Fair Treatment or Preferred Outcome? The Impact of Police Behavior on Victim Reports of Domestic Violence Incidents — Jan 1, 2003

Research is an exploratory test of two hypotheses emerging from debates about how police behavior may influence domestic violence victim reporting.

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• Public Safety Research Area

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Bullying Among Young Adolescents: The Strong, the Weak and the Troubled — Jan 1, 2003

To be able to intervene with bullying, it is important to recognize the unique problems of bullies, victims, and bully-victims.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Exposure to Community Violence — Jan 1, 2003

Predictors of community violence exposure, including gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, behavior patterns, and geography, are discussed.

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• Children and Families Research Area

Journal Article

The Role of Schools in Meeting Community Needs During Bioterrorism — Jan 1, 2003

Schools will likely play a critical role in helping communities recover from a bioterrorist attack.

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• Public Safety Research Area

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Cognitive-behavior Therapy for PTSD in Rape Survivors — Aug 1, 2002

In recent years, new data have appeared, further suggesting the utility of cognitive-behavioral interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) subsequent to sexual assault. In this article, we present a model of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for PTSD in rape survivors.

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Report

Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan: Establishing the Baselines — Jan 1, 2002

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan (LTFSS) is given baseline trends for five indicators — low birth weight births, domestic violence arrests, annual income under poverty level, personal behaviors ...

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Preventing and Reporting Abuse — Jan 1, 2002

The incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment are continuing concerns.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area

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Acculturation and Peritraumatic Dissociation in Young Adult Latino Survivors of Community Violence — Jan 1, 2002

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Theoretical Basis and Program Design of a School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Traumatized Immigrant Children: A Collaborate Research Partnership — Jan 1, 2002

This article describes a collaborative research model for school-based mental health services that targets children who are recent immigrants with violence-related mental health symptoms.

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Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depressive Symptoms Among Recent Immigrant Schoolchildren — Jan 1, 2002

Recent immigrant children are at risk for violence exposure and related psychological distress from experiences before, during, and after immigration.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Reappraising the Link Between Peritraumatic Dissociation and PTSD Symptom Severity: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Community Violence Survivors — Jan 1, 2002

Uses longitudinal data collected from young adult survivors of community violence to examine the relationship between recall of peritraumatic dissociation and the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.

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• Public Safety Research Area

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Acculturation and Peritraumatic Dissociation in Young Adult Latino Survivors of Community Violence — Jan 1, 2002

Examines the relationship between acculturation and peritraumatic dissociation in a sample of 304 physically injured Latino survivors of community violence and finds that retaining cultural traditions does not necessarily promote mental health.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Differential Item Functioning in a Spanish Translation of the PTSD Checklist: Detection and Evaluation of Impact — Jan 1, 2002

Compares a newly developed Spanish version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) with the established English version, to be used to study the mental health consequences of community violence.

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• Psychological Assessment web site
• Public Safety Research Area

Research Brief

After 9-11: Stress and Coping Across America — Jan 1, 2002

Events in recent years have taught us that individuals need not be present at a catastrophic event to experience stress symptoms.

• Research Brief
• Children and Families Research Area

Research Brief

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Child Well-Being — Jan 1, 2002

This research brief describes work documented in Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis (DRU-2676-DHHS).

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• Related Report
• Children and Families Research Area

Report

The California Wellness Foundation’s Violence Prevention Initiative Findings from an Evaluation of the First Five Years — Jan 1, 2001

So what happened as a result of the first five years of the VPI?

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• Children and Families Research Area

Report

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year: Executive Summary — Jan 1, 2001

Summarizes a larger report that describes the implementation of California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in its first two years.

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• Children and Families Research Area

Report

Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act — Jan 1, 2001

This report synthesizes the findings of a review of the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and assesses options for reforming it.

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• Health and Health Care Research Area