Alcohol has been associated with violent crimes and domestic violence across many
nations. Various etiological factors were linked to chronic alcohol use and violence including …

Given that we live in highly complex social environments, many of our most important
decisions are made in the context of social interactions. Simple but sophisticated tasks from …

Emotion is normally regulated in the human brain by a complex circuit consisting of the
orbital frontal cortex, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, and several other interconnected …

Acts of violence account for an estimated 1.43 million deaths worldwide annually. While
violence can occur in many contexts, individual acts of aggression account for the majority of …

About one million suicides and ten million suicide attempts occur worldwide each year.
Suicide is not simply a response to stress, but generally a complication of a psychiatric …

In human and non-human animals the steroid hormones cortisol and testosterone are
involved in social aggression and recent studies suggest that these steroids might jointly …

Depression describes both a transient mood state experienced by virtually all individuals at
some time in their life as well as a clinical or biobehavioral syndrome, usually called Major …

Alcohol-related violence is a serious and common social problem. Moreover, violent
behaviour is much more common in alcohol-dependent individuals. Animal experiments and …

Aims In anticipation of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM‐V), to consider whether addictive disorders should include non‐substance …

Impulsive aggression is characterized by an inability to regulate affect as well as aggressive
impulses, and is highly comorbid with other mental disorders including depression, suicidal …