Violence against doctors in China
Violence by patients against doctors is on the increase in China. Therese Hesketh and colleagues examine the reasons behind it and the policy changes needed to tackle the problem.
View ArticleThe challenge of preventing spree killings
The tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on 14 December raises recurring questions, says John H M Crichton. Who commits such atrocities and why? How can they be prevented? Despite their seemingly...
View ArticleCommon sense gun policy reforms for the United States
A debate on gun policy reforms has until now has been conspicuously absent in the United States, but Katherine A Vittes and colleagues suggest that now is the time for prompt decisive action.
View ArticleDoes the emphasis on risk in psychiatry serve the interests of patients or...
Identifying patients who are likely to harm themselves or others has become central to psychiatry. John Morgan argues that though the methods are flawed, identifying risk is essential, but Matthew...
View ArticleReviving research into US gun violence
For much of the 20th century, gun violence in the US had been considered a law enforcement issue. But in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a series of reports and workshops started to recast the issue as...
View ArticleInvestigating the fallout of a suicide
In 2004 Dan Markingson committed suicide while he was taking part in the CAFE psychiatric trial. After years of pressure and countless fruitless personal and legal battles, campaigners still believe...
View ArticleGrowing up over the shop
Living in hospital accommodation as a child gave Gareth Jones an unusual insight into his future career.
View ArticleMedicalizing execution
After yet another botched execution in the case of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma, lethal injections have come under scrutiny again. Edward Davies considers the case, along with Owen Dyer’s investigation,...
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