Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: “Man shoots” ; “Woman murdered” and miscellaneous other dysfunctional behavior in the news (16+ stories)
Friday, May 30th, 2008“Man shoots“
Man shoots wife, child and himself
Independent Online, South Africa - May 27, 2008
“It was alleged at the scene that the man had shot his family before turning the gun on himself.” said Dollman. Police were not immediately available for …
Augusta Man Shoots Neighbor During Dog Dispute
NBC Augusta, South Carolina - May 28, 2008
Investigators tell [...]
“So they mutilated your genitals, why are you still afraid?” says US Government
Thursday, March 20th, 2008It claims that female genital mutilation is no basis for allowing asylum claims, as once the mutilation has already occurred, there is no reason to believe that you would be further persecuted.
Heather Mills: Like Divorcing A Batterer ?
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Heather Mills “Victory” sign via Daily Mail
Heather Mills’ self-serving public statements demonstrate two major themes: lack of justification of behaviors toward her and minimization and justification of her behaviors toward Sir Paul and others. Ms. Mills is similar to men who are in batterer intervention programs — both display this type of self-deception, as [...]
What motivates child animal abusers who grow into violent adults
Monday, March 10th, 2008 I don’t know whether killing a hawk with a 9-iron
was truly animal cruelty or just a really dumb way an upset pro golfer used to banish a hawk who was interrupting the filming of a golf instructional video.
Regardless, the reports don’t indicate that John Henry “Tripp” Isenhour III was launching golf balls at the hawk [...]
Studies Cite Head Injuries As Factor in Some Social Ills - WSJ.com
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Studies Cite Head Injuries As Factor in Some Social Ills - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal(subscription required for most, but not this) has an article saying that brain injuries are way more common, and account for way more problems, than we appreciate. (See the video either on [...]
Moderate fetal alcohol x genetics = trouble
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Kraemer et al., “Moderate Level Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Polymorphism Affect Neonatal Temperament and Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation in Monkeys,” Biol Psychiatry63: 317-324 (2008).
This is another nature x nurture study. We know that in people, if you are mistreated in childhood, and you have a particular gene which causes your [...]
From Proventia, “Does child abuse affect brain development?”
Monday, December 31st, 2007In the ovarian lottery, we are born human babies ready to adapt to our surroundings.
Dr. Vitelli at Proventia posted on how child abuse - sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, witnessing the abuse of others — affects brain development. (This was way back in November — I’ve been meaning to post on this.) The post [...]