Mass Violence and the Complex Spectrum of Mental Illness and Mental Functioning.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4191
Abstract: Importance Psychiatry has struggled to clarify the types of mental turmoil that are associated with mass violence. While the problem is complex, it may present an opportunity to improve research, as well as inform public… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; mental functioning; mental illness; mass ... See more keywords
Mass Violence and the Continuum of Destruction: A study of C. P. Taylor’s Good
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DOI: 10.1007/s11196-020-09718-5
Abstract: There are important studies that have directly focused on how, in times of conflict, it is possible for previously law abiding people to commit the most atrocious acts of cruelty and violence. The work of… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; violence; continuum destruction; mass ... See more keywords
University employees' preparedness for natural hazards and incidents of mass violence: An application of the extended parallel process model
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.032
Abstract: Abstract The objective of this study was to examine previous disaster impact, threat perception, self-efficacy, and gender as predictors of university employees’ preparedness for natural hazards and incidents of mass violence. A cross-sectional survey was… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; incidents mass; self efficacy; natural hazards ... See more keywords
Mental health clinic arson attack in Osaka, Japan: An old but new form of mass violence.
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.151
Abstract: OnDecember 17, 2021, an arsonist dispersed gasoline and set a fire in amental health outpatient clinic in Osaka, Japan. 26 people (i.e., a psychiatrist, clinic staff, and patients with mental disorders attending the clinic’s daycare… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; health; arson; osaka japan ... See more keywords
The Revolt of Snowballs: Murano Confronts Venice, 1511. Claire Judde de Larivière. Trans. Thomas V. Cohen. Microhistories. London: Routledge, 2018. xiv + 162 pp. $140.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2020.52
Abstract: women, in the eyes of a sacking horde. In these chapters the focus is on the considered use of mass violence by commanders to achieve certain aims, and the consequences of that violence for those… read more here.
Keywords: violence; mass violence; revolt snowballs; mass ... See more keywords
Conquest, mass violence and ethnic stereotyping: investigating Caesar’s actions in the Germanic frontier zone
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759419000229
Abstract: The Late Republican to Early Imperial period was one of spectacular territorial expansion into the surrounding ‘tribal periphery’ of the Roman West. There, the indigenous societies were confronted with state-organised warfare on an unprecedented scale… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; violence; conquest; archaeology ... See more keywords
A Novel Examination of Exposure Patterns and Posttraumatic Stress After a University Mass Murder
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DOI: 10.1037/tra0000354
Abstract: Objective: Occurring at an alarming rate in the United States, mass violence has been linked to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in both direct victims and community members who are indirectly exposed. Identifying what distinct exposure… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; posttraumatic stress; mass; exposure ... See more keywords
ISIS genocide against the Yazidis and mass violence in the Middle East
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DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2019.1683718
Abstract: ABSTRACT The mass violence inflicted by the radical Islamist fighters of the ‘Islamic State’ organization on the Yazidi population of Iraq is the latest of modern genocides. The violence has placed this little known but… read more here.
Keywords: violence; mass violence; middle east; yazidis ... See more keywords
Improving Coping Self-Efficacy Among Distressed Students After Exposure to University Mass Violence: A Pilot Online Intervention
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DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2017.1388754
Abstract: ABSTRACT Given the rise of incidents of mass violence affecting college campuses, interventions for students are gravely needed, especially ones with broader accessibility and reach. This pilot study examined two online narrative writing interventions for… read more here.
Keywords: mass violence; pilot; coping self; self efficacy ... See more keywords
Social and Contextual Influences on Mental Health Following an Episode of Mass Violence
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DOI: 10.1177/0886260517742915
Abstract: Few studies explore how the recovery context following an episode of mass violence affects posttragedy mental health (MH), despite clear implications for developing posttrauma supports. Following a mass murder, this prospective, longitudinal study examined how… read more here.
Keywords: violence; mass violence; episode mass; pretragedy ... See more keywords