What is violence and how to stop it

Written by Mladen Kantar. World Health Organization defines violence  as ‘‘the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, and form of harm or deprivation. There are 3 forms of violence: self directed violence, interpersonal and collective. Self-directed violence includes suicidal thoughts or action and forms of self-harm. Suicidal ideation is a term used clinically to describe contemplation of wilfully ending one’s own life. Self mutilation refers to direct and deliberate destruction or alteration of parts of the body without conscious suicidal intent- Interpersonal violence include acts of violence or intimidation that occurs between family members,between intimate partners or between individuals such as classmates,This category includes child maltreatment, youth violence, some forms of sexual violen