- Dr. Kathy on CNN Special Report
Dr. kathy comments on the murder/suicide case of Ryan Brunn on CNN.
Dr. Kathy Appears on CNN Special Report
Posted in forensic, murder, news, violence, youth and family violence
Tagged Brunn, CNN, Dr. Kathy, murder, suicide, youth violence
Leave a comment
Dr. Kathy creating Law and Crime blog for Psychology Today
COMING SOON.
Dr. Kathy is creating a blog for Psychology Today called “Stop the Cycle.” Posts will be up soon. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stop-the-cycle First article Oct. 2011.
Youn will be able to read about preventing youth and family violence.
The CARE2: Child and Adolescent risk Evaluation by Dr. Kathy Seifert will be added to assessments.com in Nov. 2011. Assessments.com is one of the nation’s leading providers of software and other services to help state and county probation agencies more effectively and efficiently manage their day-to-day activities. Juvenile justice departments in states like Washington, Florida, Wyoming and Montana, and counties like Los Angeles, San Diego and many others find the features and benefits of Assessments.com juvenile justice software to be the ideal solution for their intake, risk and needs assessment, case management and reporting requirements.
Get my free newsletter here: Dr. Kathy seifert
Dr. Kathy
Posted in youth and family violence
1 Comment
youth violence
my new book, youth violence: theory, prevention, and intervention, was released by springer publishing today and is available at http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826107404
Anticipating Irene
I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I had a general idea of what to expect from Irene and when, so I waited and anticipated. I filled the bathtub, plugged in all of my electronics to charge and called family members. I went to sit on the back porch to see a very regular rain storm and some periodic gusts of wind. Then about 5 PM, it got eerily quiet – no rain, no wind and that funny yellow tint to everything. The underside of the leaves were turned up, foretelling of things to come. The local news reported that Ocean City had been evacuated and then the lights went out. No TV, stove or coffee maker. The computer and cell phone might last the night on their now fully charged batteries.
The battery life on the hot spot however, was short. So, no internet for my computer. Now, we just sit and wait. Irene was still not much of a storm, but it was picking
up. It was 8:30 PM. Maybe we won’t get much of the storm. That would be good.
I have 2 cats and they were squirmy and chased each other until the very little one, a white and orange kitten, curled up on my pillow with his head on my arm to sleep. The
house was very dark despite a dozen candles and a flashlight. I planned to sleep (that is, if I sleep at all) downstairs away from windows. My sleek, black BMW 328xi is parked at the end of the driveway looking as if she is ready to go somewhere, anywhere but here.
I put 2 bottles of wine in the freezer yesterday and forgot them. They froze and popped their corks. But I had rice cakes smeared with crunchy peanut butter and deliciously sweet black cherries for dessert. I sat on the porch a while and watched the storm come in. I could barely see to write. I had a new respect for Louisa May Alcott writing by candle light. Taz, the little cat, was watching me type by resting his chin and front paws on my
shoulder. It was again very quiet outside. I saved my battery for later.
I woke up early and went to look around as Irene moved up the coast. Thankfully, we had been spared any serious damage. The lights were still out, but no trees were down and my yard was not flooded. I was grateful. So, Irene has passed and the clean-up shall begin.
Posted in news
Leave a comment
Announcing: My Latest Book on Youth Violence
My new book, Youth Violence: Theory, Prevention, and Intervention, will be out in October, 2011. The pre-order page is up on Amazon.
In the U.S., youth violence is the second leading cause of death for young
people between the ages of 10 and 24. This volume, authored by a noted
psychotherapist with more than 30 years of experience in family violence,
examines recent violent episodes perpetrated by young offenders in order to
understand their root causes and to disseminate current prevention and treatment
methods through a multidisciplinary lens.
The book addresses the theoretical underpinnings of youth violence from the
perspectives of psychology and neurobiology, describes different types of
violence, includes the latest research on “what works” in prevention and
treatment, and examines connections between substance abuse, familial and
community violence, and school failure in promoting violence in adolescents.
Youth Violence is a comprehensive yet highly readable volume for mental
health and social service professionals who work with youth and families, and
violence researchers.
Key Features:
- Provides real life case studies from Virginia Tech, Columbine, and other
recent violent incidents perpetrated by young people - Written by an author with over 30 years of experience in youth violence and
creator of the premier risk assessment test in use today - Offers the latest findings on “what works” in prevention and treatment
Get it as soon as it is ready. Pre-order now
*******************************************************************************************
Why do you go to Business Conferences? Here’s how i answered in an article in Smart CEO
*******************************************************************************************
Want monthly articles on violence prevention? Sign up for my newsletter at the Dr. Kathy Seifert Website
The Problem With Bullies
Bullying involves mistreating someone because they are vulnerable or different or because the bully wants to take something from the victim. The bully uses any tactic that they can justify their behavior. A bully does not have sufficient skills to get their needs met without harming others. They also do not have empathy. Lack of emapthy past the age of 10 is usually related to trauma befrore the age of 5. Usually bullies have learned inappropriate behavior at home or in the community. Helping a bully will involve the youth, the bully, the family, the community, and the school. Bullying is never OK for any reason.
Bullies have serious problems that need professional intervention before things get out of hand. The culture has to be one that respects everyone, whether they are similar to us or not. We live in a wonderful, diverse world. Everyone counts and respect is the mature attitude for all of us. We need to teach respect to all of our students, black, white, oriental, gay, straight, overweight, thin or disabled. I cannot believe that a teacher would not step in when she sees a student being disrespectful to another because the victim is gay. That is just wrong. If we do not teach what is right and wrong in the moment when it happens, we can have a literate society with no morals. I don’t think that would suit anyone. There are tried and tested ways to change inappropriate behaviors. We need to use them.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Posted in Bullying, prevention, Youth Violence
Tagged bullying, prevention, youth violence
Leave a comment
research for my new youth violence book – Steven Kazmierczak
Kazmierzcak was fascinated with the movie, Saw
Kazmierzcak was fascinated with the movie, Saw
The Role of Violent Media
Kazmierczak was fascinated with the sadistic main character in the movie, Saw
He killed 5 and wounded 18 on Valentines day in 2008
I was researching the shootings of Steven Kazmierczak on Valentines day on the campus of Illinois University in 2008. He had the red flags we have seen from other multi-victim school shooters.
He was fascinated with famous killers and the main character from the movie, Saw.
He was bullyied, had 9 psychiatric hospitalizations, a history of suicide atttempts and had stopped taking his psyhiatric medications. This is a story we have heard all too often. He was fascinated with famous, savage killers, including the main character of the movie, Saw. While mental illness alone is not a strong predictor of violence, mental illness, stopping taking mediation, a major stressor, and substance abuse together are predictors of violence. However, it is not known if kazmierczak was abusing substances. A report by CNN in 2009 indicated that many on the Ilinois campus believed that “something was wrong with Kazmierczak.” He was in therapy, but apparently it was not effective. I will say again, “we must identify the folks in need of help before tragedies like this happen and make sure they get what they need, psychiatrically. Part of the conversation needs to be about chnages in our laws that make it more difficult to hospitalize a mentally ill person who is “at risk” for being dangerous and how to accurately measure risk.
Kazmierzcak was fascinated with the movie, Saw
