Preface: Martin McKee -- Foreword: Jutta Lindert, Itzhak Levav -- Part 1: General Issues in Violence and Health: Chapter 1: Violence in Prolonged Conflicts and its Socio-Psychological Effects: Iris Lavi, Danier Bar-Tal -- Chapter 2: Intergenerational Transmission on Violence: Cathy Spatz Widom, Helen W. Wilson -- Chapter 3: Violence and Mental Health States: Jutta Lindert -- Part II: Self-Inflicted Violence, A Public Health Challenge: Chapter 4: Self-Inflicted Violence: Jose Manuel Bertolote, Diego de Leo -- Part III: Violence in Families: Chapter 5: Child Abuse and Adult Psychopathology: Gilad Gal, Yael Basford -- Chapter 6: Corporal Punishment and Children's Mental Health: Opportunities for Prevention: Lawrence Wissow -- Chapter 7: Mental Health Consequences of Violence against Women: Jane Fisher, Meena Cabral de Mello -- Chapter 8: The Consequences of Violence on the Mental Health of the Elderly: Robert Kohn -- Part IV: Violence in Communities: Chapter 9: Bullying in Schools: Rates, Correlates and Impact on Mental Health: Sheryl Hemphill, Michelle Tollit, Aneta Kotevski, Ariane Florent -- Chapter 10: Violence against People with Mental Disorders: Angelo Barbato -- Chapter 11: 'This is where the Seed is Sown': Aboriginal Violence - Continuities or Contexts? : Ernest Hunter, Leigh-Ann Onnis -- Chapter 12: Trafficked Persons and Health: Itsvan Szilard, Arpad Barath -- Part V: Violence in Societies: Chapter 13: Terrorism and its Impact on Mental Health: Sasha Rudenstine, Sandro Galea -- Chapter 14: Political Persecution in the German Democratic Republic between 1949 and 1989 and it consequences for Mental and Physical Health: Gregor Weißflog, Elmar Brahler -- Chapter 15: The Aftermath of the European and Rwandan Genocides: Itzhak Levav -- Chapter 16: The New H5 Model of Refugee Trauma and Recovery: Richard F. Mollica, Robert Brooks, Solvig Ekblad, Laura McDonald -- Part VI: Outlook: Evidence based Models of Prevention and Intervention: Chapter 17: Evidence based Interventions for Violent Behavior in Children: Sajid Humayun, Stephen Scott -- From Sharpeville to Marikana: The Changing Political Landscape for Mental Health Practice in a Violent South Africa: Leslie Swartz.