David Le Breton, a sociologist and anthropologist, has spent years studying the reasons that drive young people to take risks, including through the use of psychoactive substances. He...

As an anthropologist, the author conducted a quantitative survey of about 100 young women aged 14 to 18 regarding their risky behaviors, their self-esteem, and their perception of their...

For six months, Anne Tursz coordinated the work of experts on the topic of "Violence and Health" at the request of the Ministry of Health and Solidarity, before drafting a report that...

In the 1980s, pediatrician Jacques Fortin, in collaboration with teachers, developed the "Mieux vivre ensemble" program for preschool and elementary school students. This educational...

In the Carpentras region, educators and teachers have been implementing a health education and sexual violence prevention program since 2005, focusing on relationships between boys and...

Of Senegalese origin—with a Senegalese Fulani mother and a Senegalese-Mauritanian Wolof father—Nafissatou Fall was born in Cameroon and lived there until the age of 14, during which time...

One in ten older adults or people with disabilities is believed to be a victim of abuse. The experts who worked on the Tursz report recommend several immediate measures: informing these...

In Marseille, support groups bring together patients and caregivers to resolve conflicts and give patients a voice. Psychiatric patients express the suffering—and thus the violence—they...

How do staff members in institutions become victims of violence? How do these institutions themselves generate violence? Omar Brixi, a physician and public health professor who chairs...

s.02As chair of the "Violence, Work, Employment, and Health" commission for the Tursz report, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Christophe Dejours recommends, among other measures,...