INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

 

SPECIAL ISSUE ON ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE IN VIOLENT TIMES

Edited by J. Merrick and D.T.L. Shek

 

Volume 15, No. 3, July - September 2003

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

Violence in adolescence: A puzzle that demands holistic understanding and interdisciplinary collaboration

      Daniel TL Shek ............186

REVIEW ARTICLES

      Psychopharmacology of violent behavior in adolescents

      Shirley Portuguese and Gil Zalsman ..................191

      Terrorism and the adolescent: A Review

      Alyssa Abo and Gil Zalsman .....................201

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

      The breakdown of meaning and adolescent problem behavior

      Moshe Hazani .............207

      Violent behavior in Chinese adolescents with an economic disadvantage. Psychological, family and interpersonal correlates

      Daniel TL Shek and Vera Tang ............219

      The role of family, peers and school perceptions in predicting involvement in youth violence

      Avital Laufer and Yossi Harel ................235

      Adolescent suicide in Hong Kong during 1980-2000

      Daniel TL Shek and Vera Tang .............245

      Peer victimization during early adolescence: An injury trigger, an injury mechanism and a frequent exposure in school

      Lucie Laflamme, Karen Engström, Jette Möller, and Johan Hallqvist ..............267

CASE REPORTS

      Adolescent violence prevention: A case presentation

      Hatim Omar and Joan Griffith ............281

TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE

      Trends in adolescent violence

      Joav Merrick, Isack Kandel and Gideon Vardi .............285

BOOK REVIEWS .............289

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ..............292

 

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ISSN 0334-0139/15:3

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