Health

• Intentional Injuries


  Result from a purposeful human action, directed at oneself, or to others
• Intentional Injuries

  • Suicide
  • Homicide
• Unintentional Injuries


  Injuries that are unplanned or accidental
• Unintentional Injuries

  • Bleeding
  • Sprain
  • Burns
• Types of Intentional Injuries


  • Self Inflicted
  • Assault
• Self Inflicted


  When a person harms himself/herself on purpose
• Assault


  When person/persons harm another on purpose
• Cyberbullying


  An act of harming or harassing through social networking sites
• Cyberbullying


  1. May be done repeatedly and in deliberate manner by sending offensive or mean text messages, e-mails, and embarrassing pictures and videos or by posting them on any social networking sites

  2. Can threaten, embarrass, harass, or humiliate anyone regardless of gender, age and race
• Stalking


  A pattern of behavior that makes the victim feel nervous, afraid, harassed, or in danger because someone is repeatedly contacting, following, sending presents, and talking to him/her even if he/she is not really comfortable with those
• Psychotic Stalker


  • May have preexisting psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or delusional disorder
• Nonpsychotic Stalker


  • Can be influenced by various psychological factors such as hostility, obsession, anger, dependency, denial, and jealousy
• Extortion


  • Involves verbal or written expression of threat or blackmail
  • Criminal act - involves money, property or service being requested by the syndicate or crime group
  • Possibly be committed with or without the use of force or a weapon
• Gang and Youth Violence


  • Made up of groups of male adolescents and youngsters who have grown up together from an impoverished neighborhood or community
  • From families having severe problems on employment, living conditions, and isolation and segregation from the society and public institutions
• Fraternity-related Violence


  • Confidence and character are built; new acquaintances emerge; protection, importance and security is given to each member
  • Protect each other from others outside the group; secrecy, various forms of initiation, codes of behavior and disciplinary behavior
• Hazing


  • Paddling on laps, knees, back, of the thighs, or on the buttocks
  • Slapping on the face
  • Tedious cleaning of toilet bowl
  • Wearing of weird clothing or costume
  • Eating of weird and unpalatable food mixed in an absurd container
  • Servitude during parties or in house chores
• Kidnapping and Abduction


  • Unlawful holding and taking away of a person against his/her will by force and threat
  • This may be done in exchange for a ransom or in connection with a conflict in child custody
• Act of Terror


  Terrorism - use of violence against civilians, aiming to achieve political, economic, or religious goals or ideology by way of intimidation or coercion
• Domestic Violence


  • An act wherein a person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person with physical, verbal, emotional, economic, and sexual abuse
  • Includes violence between the same sex or against the children in the family, which results in impairment or death
• Types of Domestic Violence

  • Physical Abuse - the use of physical force against someone in a way that injures or endangers the person
  • Sexual Abuse - a form of physical abuse wherein the victim is forced to participate in an unwanted sexual activity
  • Battery or Physical Assault - usually occurs inside the family
  • Emotional Abuse - yelling, name-calling, blaming, shaming, intimidation, and isolation
• Suicide


  • Intentional act of causing one's own death or the "act of taking one's own life"
  • Tragic event with strong emotional impact on the families of the victims or survivors
• Causes of Suicides

  • Despair
  • Hopelessness
  • Mental disorders
  • Financial difficulties
  • Broken relationships
  • Bullying
  • Poverty
  • Gambling
  • Substance abuse
• Sexual Abuse or Molestation


  Forcing undesired sexual behavior by the offender upon the victim
• Sexual Harassment


  Bullying a person wherein there is an inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors
• Effects of Child Abuse

  • Shame
  • Self-blame
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Self-injury
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Stress
  • Personality disorder
• Rape - The scar that was left on the victims could remain for years after it happened