High suicide risk for male bullies and victims
MALES who have been both victims and perpetrators of bullying in childhood have a higher risk of suicidality in adulthood, a study shows.
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Bullied children three times more likely to self-harm
CHILDREN bullied during their early years at school are up to three times more likely to self-harm than classmates when they reach adolescence, a study shows.
Bullied children more likely to self-harm
CHILDREN bullied during their early years at school are up to three times more likely to self-harm than classmates when they reach adolescence, a study shows.
Workplace bullying Part 2
What steps should you take if you are a bullying victim or if you are a witness to bullying behaviour?
Workplace bullying: Part 1
While many would have expected to leave bullying behind in the schoolyard, junior doctors across the country are still facing it on a daily basis.
RACGP in lawsuit over alleged bullying
THE RACGP is being sued for $1 million by a former employee who has alleged the college failed to protect her from persistent bullying by a former colleague. In a statement of claim obtained by Medical Observer, Heather Klaebe alleges that she was subject to such severe harassment that it caused her psychiatric injury. Ms Klaebe’s lawyer, John Karantzis, a partner of the firm Nowicki Carbone, said it would be alleged his client was so distressed she resorted to self-harm. Mr Karantzis alleged that from April 2006 to January 2007 his client was harassed by the ...
Victims of workplace bullying face heightened risk of mental illness
TACKLING workplace bullying may help safeguard the mental health of employees, researchers say. A longitudinal Finnish study showed men bullied at work more than tripled their risk of developing a mental disorder, while the risk to women doubled. Supervisory training to recognise bullying and guidelines to follow when bullying took place were important to minimise adverse health outcomes, the researchers said. The study of 6830 municipal employees aged 40–60 found 5% reported current bullying, with no gender differences in prevalence. At follow-up five to seven years later, the men who reported current bullying were 3.64 ...
Cyberbullying’s silent victims
For some time, bullying has been acknowledged as more than a ‘character building’ aspect of growing up. Bullying is the use of power and aggression to cause distress or to control another person. It is about maladaptive relationships between people. Bullying is a substantial problem for many Australian children. Surveys suggest around 20% of early high school-aged adolescents will report having been bullied in the preceding 12 months, a similar proportion report being victims of bullying and around 5% report being both aggressors and victims. Bullying can be direct or indirect. Direct bullying involves an overt display ...
Bullying a mental illness marker
BULLYING behaviour should be seen as a marker for future psychiatric illness, researchers say. A Finnish study of more than 5000 children followed from the age of eight to 24 years found significant associations between bullying and victim behaviour and later psychiatric treatment. Frequent victim status among females independently predicted psychiatric hospital treatment and the use of antipsychotic, antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs. Among males, those who were frequently both bullies and victims, and those who were only bullies, had a higher future risk of antidepressant and anxiolytic drug use. The authors suggested those who displayed frequent ...