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8 - Pharmaceutical Interventions

Medication, Violence, and the Public Health

from Part II - Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2020

Richard Whittington
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim and University of Liverpool
James McGuire
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo
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Summary

Effective risk assessment, when it occurs, ideally leads to decisions about effective interventions. The multifactorial nature of violence, with its origins in biological, psychological, and social processes operating separately or together, means that interventions at all of these different levels are available for those who present an identifiable violence risk. The challenge is to identify which intervention, or combination of interventions, is most suitable in each case and to find the necessary resources for successful implementation. The next three chapters will consider interventions at each of the levels and examine some of the evidence currently available with regard to their effectiveness. In public health terms, the medical and psychosocial interventions to be considered, respectively, here and in the next chapter, mainly represent tertiary but also some secondary prevention efforts deployed with at-risk populations, or with relatively high-risk individuals who have already acted violently. In contrast, the integrated interventions considered in Chapter 10 often incorporate a primary prevention element in addition, as part of a truly comprehensive approach to the problem.

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Violence Rewired
Evidence and Strategies for Public Health Action
, pp. 186 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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