Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows 1 in 6 gun deaths for women occur in or around pregnancy
A woman's risk of intentional death by firearm rises during and shortly after pregnancy, new research shows.
Mar 13, 2024
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Health informatics
Too often, unlocked, loaded guns are fatal playthings for America's children
A loaded revolver left out on a nightstand, a curious child—and unimaginable tragedy. Moments like this have occurred in American homes hundreds of times over the past two decades, killing 1,262 children, according to a ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Kids are exposed to violent war images: Trauma expert sets out how you can protect them
In today's screen-filled world, many children and teens have nearly continuous access to media. Estimates from the United States suggest that school-age children spend four to six hours per day watching or using screens. ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain autopsies of female intimate partner violence victims reveal different injuries from male contact sports athletes
The largest brain autopsy study to date of women who had experienced intimate partner violence reveals substantial vascular and white matter damage in the brain, but no evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Trauma during childhood triples the risk of suffering a serious mental disorder in adulthood, study finds
A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute links psychological trauma in childhood with an increased risk of developing some kind of mental disorder years later.
Nov 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Homicides and suicides linked to pregnancy often associated with mental health conditions, substance use disorder
Maternal mortality in the United States in on the rise. Scientists increasingly recognize that pregnancy-associated deaths—those due to conditions unrelated to the physiologic effects of pregnancy—are important and potentially ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women more likely to die of suicide by gun when an adult in their home becomes a lawful gun owner
A woman's risk of dying by suicide increases significantly when another adult she had been living with in a gun-free home becomes a first-time handgun owner, according to new research led by Matt Miller, a professor of health ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Health
Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for rethink of how society cares for dying people
Health and social systems around the world are failing to give appropriate, compassionate care to people who are dying and their families. According to a new Lancet Commission, today's current overemphasis on aggressive treatments ...
Jan 31, 2022
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Health
Marijuana detected in homicide victims nearly doubles
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health assessed the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims and found that the prevalence of marijuana almost doubled, increasing from ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests violent music does not desensitize people to violence
A team of researchers from Macquarie University in Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, also in Australia, the Institute of Psychology, in China and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
