Does Trauma Cause Violence?
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead gives her third Reith Lecture inside Grendon prison. There, she discusses with prisoners and staff if they think trauma causes violence.
How best do we understand how to manage powerful emotions such as rage, fear and shame? With very rare access, Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead gives her third Reith Lecture inside HMP Grendon, where she talks to prisoners and staff, and asks the question: 鈥淒oes trauma cause violence?鈥�
Does being a victim of violence in some circumstances make you more likely to become a perpetrator of violence? Was WH Auden right when he wrote in 1939 鈥楾hose to whom evil is done do evil in return鈥�?
The Reith Lectures are presented and chaired by Anita Anand.
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Editor: Clare Fordham
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