Psychiatric genetics and studies of relatives of psychotic patients

s not received. 875. Violence in children and adolescents Chairmen: JD Cordeiro,JA Costa e Silva MEDIA VIOLENCEAND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES Ant6nio Barbosa. Clinica Psiquidtrica Universiuiria; Hospital SantaMaria, 1699 Lisboa; Portugal Violence is around us. at home or in the street. Daily news about terrorism, war. murder, rape, torture invade us. We are confronted with neo-nazism, racism, nationalism and all the violence these beliefs bring. Our present cultural references are multiple and characterised by constant visual impact. They are imposed by media and we c~not integrate them harmoniously in our developing personality. Literature attests the power of the media in influencing childrens' and adolescents' beliefs and potentially their behaviour. Media influence adolesce.nts in many ways that are analysed according to multiple perspectives and conceptual views (social learning. cognitive necessociation, cognitive scripting, arousal and catharsis theories). Some of these theories will be analysed in order to detect interrelated and compatible features regarding the short and long-term effects of violenc~. A critical review of methodologies of studying the effects of media violence is undertaken, mainly regarding anitudinal surveys, content analysis, naturalistic laboratory and field experiments and correlational studies. We detailed some clinical observations in which we show how television scripts teach adolescents about gender roles. conflict resolution. sexual gratification. methods of coping with stress and violence. We concluded that the cultural internatio.nalisationand the information massification model the way we perceive and give meaning to individual and collective violent behaviours. Old identification models based on real object relationships developed in a specific space and time are now substituted by imaginary identification models referred to the idealized, omnipotent, magic and transgressive qualities. These models promote an intense stimulation (extreme violence, self-aggression. dissociated erotization) that (by their visual penetration and mitification) cannot always becontained and mentalized and so harmoniously integrated. These new references promote mainly imitation and fusional identifications through shared phantoms and do not allow the development of individual original diversifying and enriching personal phantoms. Some preventive cues are proposed based on the need to stimulate the quality of media programmes for children and adolescents, increasing media literacy and promoting a vigorous engagement of health professionals and parents in media advocacy. BULLYING: THE VIOLENCEIN PEER GROUPS M. Dabkowski. Department of Psychiatry. Medical Academyul. Kurpinskiego 19, PL-85096 Bydgoszcz: Poland The paper attempts to describe the most worrying violent social phenomenon in peer groups called bullying. What is bullying? How much bullying takes place? Who might be at risk? What are thecauses of bullying? And finally what can be done? are the most important issues considered in the paper. The term refers either to individual or to group violent actions against lonely victim. The definition is worth of interest for it has led to different ways of interventions. Common patterns describe bullying as pupil-to-pupil activity but there are teachers founded as bullies and controverely. some of them felt bullied by children. The bullying involves intimidations. extortions and physical threats.