title: Violence among young men: the importance of a gender-specific developmental approach to adolescent male suicide and homicide.
abstract: Suicide and homicide are much more commonly committed by adolescent males than females. Herein, a proposal in favor of gender-specific understanding and approach to these violent behaviors is presented. Social and healthcare service system factors, including issues of male adolescents' access to care and help-seeking behaviors, are reviewed alongside the epidemiology of adolescent suicide and homicide as a transition into a detailed discussion of the putative biological factors at play. An emphasis upon the male androgen testosterone organizes the discussion. Behavioral manifestations of this brain-based organizational model are presented with a focus on impulsivity, aggression, and externalizing dysregulated emotionality. Treatment considerations and implications are developed.
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone