Hurricanes and Human Trafficking: Revealing the Disturbing Relationship
Experts are predicting at least five major storms this year, and communities need to be prepared to focus on more than just rebuilding.
Violence and Abuse Sub-categories:
- Child Abuse (7)
- Domestic Violence (6)
- Mass Shootings (8)
- School Shooting (5)
- Sexual Abuse (8)
- Sexual Assault (8)
- Sexual Harassment (3)
- Workplace Abuse (7)
‘They’d Rather Go Back To Combat’: Men Facing Their Military Sexual Trauma
Dr. Jonathan Yahalom, a psychologist, explains how MST symptoms feed into the lack of research and what his own studies show on how to treat male survivors.
Is Mental Health a Scapegoat for Mass Violence?
Experts explain what the statistics point to as the underlying cause of mass violence.
Breaking the Silence on Incest and Sexual Trauma
Dr. Patti Feuereisen explains how to support victims of sexual abuse and why starting the conversation is necessary.
Medical Notes: July 24, 2022
A new questionnaire can determine the risk of car accidents in elderly drivers. Then, industrialization is bad for breast milk. Then, does spanking increase the likelihood of experiencing physical abuse? And finally, can scientists use plants to study psychiatric disorders?
Domestic Violence: The Tragic Side-Effect of Stay-At-Home Orders
While stay-at-home orders were great for slowing the spread of Covid, they essentially trapped victims with their abusers. As numbers of domestic violence reports rose, women’s shelters were overwhelmed with people in need of safe housing.
Medical Notes: May 22, 2022
Smartwatches can now track your Covid symptoms. Guns are now the leading cause of death among adolescents. And more medical headlines.
How Did the Pandemic Affect Child Abuse?
This week on RHJ - two medical experts who specialize in studying and uncovering child abuse discuss the contradicting evidence of how the pandemic affected rates of child maltreatment.
Who’s Responsible for a Mass Shooting?
Even as many students switched to virtual learning, school shootings didn’t stop. One recent school shooter used his parents’ gun, and now they are facing charges for their role in the incident. Experts discuss how the accountability of mass shootings doesn’t always just fall on the shooter.
Medical Notes: March 6, 2022
Water from private wells could be harming your children. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, except maybe not for people who’ve experienced multiple major disasters. And finally, scientists are one step closer in their search for how to regrow lost limbs.
How Warfare Destroys Healthcare
According to the Geneva Convention and other agreements, health facilities and workers are supposed to be protected from the violence of war. However, they’re targeted much more often than most people know. A noted expert in the field discusses how this violence happens, its consequences, and how international organizations may be able to turn this trend …
Medical Notes: December 5, 2021
Research shows Black women have a higher risk of triple-negative breast cancers than previously known—nearly triple the risk of white women. Plus, online dating violence begins as early as age 12. And finally, science proves that when you’re nice to others, they’re more likely to be nice to you.
