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Purpose: This article covers violence prevention (homicide and suicide) activities in the African American community for nearly 50 years., Method: Drawing on lived experience the works of early and recent efforts by African American physicians, the author illustrates we know a great deal about violence prevention in the African American community., Results: There remains challenges of implementation and political will. Further, most physicians, like the public, are confused about the realities of homicide and suicide because of the two different presentations both are given in the media and scientific literature., Conclusions: Responses to homicide and suicides should be based on science not distorted media reports. There are violence prevention principles that, if widely implemented, could stem the tide of violence., (Copyright © 2017 National Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

This article describes an interdisciplinary center at the University of Illinois at Chicago focused on collaborative research on violence. Our center is unique in its emphasis on developing infrastructure and distinctive processes for overcoming obstacles to interdisciplinary research; the involvement of outside policy makers, advocates, and service providers in jointly discussing and developing research proposals; the breadth of commitments from leading violence researchers and administrators across five colleges; and the innovativeness of proposed research projects that support interdisciplinary activity and show promise for funding. The center has developed an infrastructure to address violence-related issues in both research and teaching. This article discusses the challenges of implementation and boundary spanning in a university context and makes recommendations for sustainability.

Homicide continues to be a problematic public health concern, but homicide rates have dropped considerably since the mid-1980s. This article proposes that the decrease in violence was caused by a large number of national and local violence prevention initiatives. Homicide and violence data are reviewed and the developmental dynamics of violence and homicide are discussed, noting the different tracks youth take toward violence. The risk factors that lead youth toward a violent lifestyle are compared with the protective factors that shield them from it. The principles involved in the prevention of violent behavior such as homicide are also discussed., (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Given the devastation caused by disasters and mass violence, it is critical that intervention policy be based on the most updated research findings. However, to date, no evidence-based consensus has been reached supporting a clear set of recommendations for intervention during the immediate and the mid-term post mass trauma phases. Because it is unlikely that there will be evidence in the near or mid-term future from clinical trials that cover the diversity of disaster and mass violence circumstances, we assembled a worldwide panel of experts on the study and treatment of those exposed to disaster and mass violence to extrapolate from related fields of research, and to gain consensus on intervention principles. We identified five empirically supported intervention principles that should be used to guide and inform intervention and prevention efforts at the early to mid-term stages. These are promoting: 1) a sense of safety, 2) calming, 3) a sense of self- and community efficacy, 4) connectedness, and 5) hope.

Managing violent patients is a dilemma that every clinician faces. This article reviews the current literature and assesses the evidence on the management of violent patients in the clinical setting. Risk factors (dispositional, historical, contextual and clinical) and early warning signs of violence will be outlined. Understanding these issues will facilitate the short-term prediction and prevention of violence in clinical settings. Interventions have been categorized for use according to the urgency of the situation. This degree of urgency has been designated as either potential, imminent or emergent violence. Special considerations that may alter the management of violence will be delineated. Specifically, we will highlight issues related to gender, age and mental retardation. Aspects of professional training in regards to the management of the violent patient will be underscored as well. Finally, the review of the literature has led to a decision tree that can inform the reader in the evidence-based management of the violent patient. This decision tree is offered to the busy practitioner as a practical clinical tool for using evidence based practices in managing violent patients.

Because staff attitudes and affects are impediments or strengths in appropriately assessing and managing traumatized or violent patients, the authors discuss the need to explore staff's experience with trauma and violence. A survey of social service field and administrative office-based staff revealed that numerous staff had experienced traumatic events. Compared with staff based in a downtown administrative office, significantly more field-based staff were dissatisfied with their job's neighborhood and perceived their job's neighborhood as a dangerous place to work. Further, significantly more field staff perceived that their job's neighbors would be "unlikely" to intervene in observed antisocial behaviors. In our sample of primarily female, African-American, social service staff, the ratio of victimization was higher than rates in other studies. Screening social service staff for experiences of trauma and victimization and asking about their perceptions about their job's neighborhood will help leadership shape efforts to address these dynamics. By addressing staff's perceptions of their job's neighborhood, leadership can influence staff's willingness to participate in proactive community organizing and prevention activities designed to reduce violence and increase safety. Several recommendations to reduce violence in the workplace are presented.

Given the devastation caused by disasters and mass violence, it is critical that intervention policy be based on the most updated research findings. However, to date, no evidence-based consensus has been reached supporting a clear set of recommendations for intervention during the immediate and the mid-term post mass trauma phases. Because it is unlikely that there will be evidence in the near or mid-term future from clinical trials that cover the diversity of disaster and mass violence circumstances, we assembled a worldwide panel of experts on the study and treatment of those exposed to disaster and mass violence to extrapolate from related fields of research, and to gain consensus on intervention principles. We identified five empirically supported intervention principles that should be used to guide and inform intervention and prevention efforts at the early to mid-term stages. These are promoting: 1) a sense of safety, 2) calming, 3) a sense of self- and community efficacy, 4) connectedness, and 5) hope.

Focuses on the prevention of violence in the U.S. Moral and ethical role of psychiatrists; Statistics of deaths related to child abuse; Key to developing antiviolence programs in communities.

Focuses on the safety measures for the assessment and management of violent psychotherapy patients in the U.S. Proactive behaviors and attitudes to address the issue of violence; Risk of mental health providers; Overview of the best practices for the management of violent patients.

Focuses on the appointment of several psychiatrists as members of a task force on the psychiatric aspects of violence in the U.S. Purpose of the task force; Role and designation of the members; Topics discussed on the publication of the task force.

The article discusses a study on patients currently being seen for medication monitoring at the Community Mental Health Council where 18 had extensive histories of childhood trauma. It indicates higher rates of trauma in low-collective efficacy community where patients are more likely to have been exposed to violence either as victim or as witness. It also notes that families isolated and lack access to social supports are more likely to be under stress and the children traumatized.