Health
AMA votes to support research on violence and abuse
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 5, 2004
Research into the prevention and treatment of violence and abuse, support programs that work to increase awareness of the availability of services, and efforts to guarantee health care access for abuse victims should have a high place on the nation's health agenda, according to a resolution approved at the AMA's Annual Meeting last month in Chicago. The AMA will also study best practices for the diagnosis and management of violence to develop interventions.
"I often see the devastating effects of violence and abuse on young people, families and whole communities," said David Fassler, MD, a delegate from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. "We need to give this issue a high priority."
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/07/05/hlbf0705.htm.