The Violence and Addiction Equation

Christine Wekerle, PhD, is Scientific Leader of the Aggression Initiative in the Child Psychiatry Program at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario. She is also and Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution at York University. She has published in the areas of violence and its prevention, including child maltreatment and adolescent dating violence, and had most recently conducted collaborative research projects on the overlap between substance use and abuse and relationship violence. Anne-Marie Wall, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Clinical Program, at York University in Toronto, Ontario. At York, she is also an Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Wall had published in the area of addiction, with a focus on environmental and cognitive determinants of alcohol use and abuse. Her current collaborative research endeavors span the areas of substance use/abuse and risk-taking behaviors, as well as cognitive mechanisms involved in the mediation of intimate violence among adolescents and adults.