Health
Self-administered screening can provide benefits for patients and providers
Have you ever felt uncomfortable when asked about depression or any other sensitive personal issue when checking in for a medical visit?
Mar 8, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Supporting children after trauma
A new report, RECOVER: Reconnecting mothers and children after family violence, reveals that a child-parent psychotherapy (CPP) program was effective in re-establishing a positive mother-child relationship after trauma, in ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Health
Women's experiences of sexual assault and harassment linked with high blood pressure
Women who had ever experienced sexual violence in their lifetime—including sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment—were more likely to develop high blood pressure over a seven-year follow-up period, according to ...
Feb 22, 2022
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More than a quarter of women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, finds new study
New research published in The Lancet estimates that over one in four women have experienced domestic violence within their lifetime. Using data from the World Health Organisation Global Database on the Prevalence of Violence ...
Feb 17, 2022
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Age of natural menopause linked with intergenerational violence exposures
Research on women's violence exposure is timely as the COVID pandemic has elevated rates of intimate partner violence and child abuse. A new study shows that a woman's collective violence exposure—consisting of her own ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research shows that firearm injuries increased during first year of COVID-19 in Massachusetts
Results from new research suggest that protective measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts were associated with an increase in firearm injuries during the first year of the pandemic. Led by researchers ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Pediatrics
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to childhood trauma
Reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against COVID-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home, suggests research ...
Feb 1, 2022
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Health
Police violence linked to higher rates of preterm delivery, heart disease among Black women
Ten-year analysis links police complaints with hospital records, suggesting that the consequences of police misconduct may begin in utero and persist across the life course.
Jan 31, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
On again/off again relationships can have a long-lasting negative impact on couples' mental health
They had agreed to take a break from their relationship.
Jan 19, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Young people could learn to avoid being victims of crime
"We already know that immaturity is an explanation for young people's delinquency, but now we can show that immaturity also is an important factor in deciding whether young people become victims of violence or not," says ...
Jan 17, 2022
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