Violence and Mental Health Its Manifold Faces
Violence is one of the most important challenges, not only for public health systems, but also for public mental health. Violence can have immediate as well as long-term and even transgenerational effects on the mental health of its victims. This book pro
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Jutta Lindert • Itzhak Levav Editors
Violence and Mental Health Its Manifold Faces
Editors Jutta Lindert University of Emden Emden, Germany
Itzhak Levav University of Haifa Haifa, Israel
Brandeis University Waltham, USA
ISBN 978-94-017-8998-1 ISBN 978-94-017-8999-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8999-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2015933518 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Violence is omnipresent in societies, communities, institutions, families, interpersonal relationships, and it is even acted against oneself. Its impact on health and mental health is both, short- and long-lasting. The World Health Organization (WHO), in its 2002 Report on Violence and Health (2002), defined violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, mal-development, or deprivation. Following increasing awareness of the impact on health, the Fifty-sixth World Health A
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