Homicide, suicide, other violence gain increasing medical attention

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In our contemporary US society, interpersonal violence is perhaps the most dangerous and rapidly increasing form of death and injury that we know, suggests Louis J. West, MD, chair, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine. For several years, West has been studying the epidemiologic aspects of violence. Violent deaths are the largest cause of mortality in the United States for more than half of the normal life span (childhood and early adulthood), according to the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. And violent deaths account for the greatest number of years of expected life lost among Americans. The last few years have witnessed an increasing number of scientific studies of suicide, homicide, rape, and other types of violent behavior, including the increasingly recognized problem of traumatization of children who witness violence. Many such studies were presented at the American Psychiatric Association meeting this

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