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From page 1... ... Participants explored how violence impacts mental health and how mental health influences violence and discussed approaches to improve research and practice in both domains. FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION This workshop was the seventh in a series of workshops held by the Forum on Global Violence Prevention, which works to promote research on both protective and risk factors, to encourage evidence-based prevention efforts, and to facilitate dialogue and exchange by bringing together experts from all areas of violence prevention. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... . Thus, the committee identified the following topics as important to address: • A description of mental health function as a continuum, from opti mal to dysfunctional, with problems ranging from minor to serious distress to antisocial behavior to severe mental illness • Perpetration of violence, victims of violence, and exposure to violence • Interpersonal, self-directed, and collective violence • Neurobiology of violent behavior • Multiple ecological levels to be considered • A life-course/developmental perspective Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... Workshop speakers and participants will explore a continuum of approaches to improving both mental health and violence prevention with these objectives: • rriving at a better understanding of the intersection of mental health and A violence, including o relationship between mental health dysfunction and risks of violence the perpetration and victimization, as well as the mental health conse quences of exposure to violence; and o extent to which improved mental health functioning and improved the mental health services can -- or cannot -- address concerns about vio lence in society. • xploring a new model for thinking about the intersection of mental health E promotion and violence prevention that is useful for improving outcomes • Means of violence perpetration, including access to weapons • Identification of the multiple sectors that must be involved, as well as their intersection ORGANIZATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP This Proceedings of a Workshop provides a summary account of the workshop presentations and the expert papers submitted by workshop speakers. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... The final chapter, Assembling the Pieces and Integrating Elements, includes a presentation on an evaluation of interventions by Hendricks Brown, and a synthesis of the summary panel and subsequent discussion on the way forward. Read the entire page →

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... Participants explored how violence impacts mental health and how mental health influences violence and discussed approaches to improve research and practice in both domains. FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION This workshop was the seventh in a series of workshops held by the Forum on Global Violence Prevention, which works to promote research on both protective and risk factors, to encourage evidence-based prevention efforts, and to facilitate dialogue and exchange by bringing together experts from all areas of violence prevention.

Read the entire page →

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... . Thus, the committee identified the following topics as important to address: • A description of mental health function as a continuum, from opti mal to dysfunctional, with problems ranging from minor to serious distress to antisocial behavior to severe mental illness • Perpetration of violence, victims of violence, and exposure to violence • Interpersonal, self-directed, and collective violence • Neurobiology of violent behavior • Multiple ecological levels to be considered • A life-course/developmental perspective

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... Workshop speakers and participants will explore a continuum of approaches to improving both mental health and violence prevention with these objectives: • rriving at a better understanding of the intersection of mental health and A violence, including o relationship between mental health dysfunction and risks of violence the perpetration and victimization, as well as the mental health conse quences of exposure to violence; and o extent to which improved mental health functioning and improved the mental health services can -- or cannot -- address concerns about vio lence in society. • xploring a new model for thinking about the intersection of mental health E promotion and violence prevention that is useful for improving outcomes • Means of violence perpetration, including access to weapons • Identification of the multiple sectors that must be involved, as well as their intersection ORGANIZATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP This Proceedings of a Workshop provides a summary account of the workshop presentations and the expert papers submitted by workshop speakers.

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... The final chapter, Assembling the Pieces and Integrating Elements, includes a presentation on an evaluation of interventions by Hendricks Brown, and a synthesis of the summary panel and subsequent discussion on the way forward.

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