Health-related quality of life following trauma: prevalence of problems and factors associated with six-month outcomes in a New Zealand cohort - Maclennan B, Wyeth E, Derrett S.
Injury is a leading cause of health loss in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (New Zealand; NZ). The NZ Trauma Registry was established in 2015 to monitor outcomes in those experiencing severe injury and to identify ways of improving the quality of care for these ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Exploring the underlying constructs of rape-related cognition scales and their relationships with sexual aggression - Pham AT, Maimone S, Hermann CA, Nunes KL.
Rape-related cognitions (typically defined as encompassing any number of cognitive constructs) are thought to play a role in sexual aggression. However, rape-related cognition scales often assess these cognitive constructs as one. The purpose of this study... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Do maxillary dentures protect the skull base from penetration injury? - Hino S, Iijima Y, Mochizuki S, Nakayama N, Yamada M, Horie N, Kaneko T.
KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Foreign bodies penetrating from the oral cavity can damage surrounding tissues. This case is considered an extremely rare and fortunate instance in which a maxillary denture appeared to weaken the external force and change the directi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Crossbow injuries: predictors of mortality - Julian JW, Todd ML, Marcheschi BJ, Buchanan PM, Spencer AJ, Bitter CC.
INTRODUCTION: Crossbow injuries are rare but carry significant morbidity and mortality, and there is limited evidence in the medical literature to guide care. This paper reviews the case reports and case series of crossbow injuries and looks for trends reg... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Comparison of patient demographics and patient-specific risk factors for readmissions following open reduction and internal fixation for acetabular fractures - Ganesan V, Pandya R, Rodriguez AN, Horn AR, Abdelgawad AA, Razi AE.
PURPOSE: Acetabular fractures are highly complex injuries often resulting from high-energy trauma. The gold standard treatment for these injuries has become open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). The purpose of this study is to further this understanding... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Bidirectional associations between workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders - a propensity-score matched cohort study - Holmgren R, Grotta A, Farrants K, Magnusson Hanson LL.
BACKGROUND: The link between workplace bullying and poor mental health is well-known. However, little is known about the prospective and potentially reciprocal association between workplace bullying and mental health-related sickness absence. This 2-year p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

"Even if we are the caring hand": Black doctors and structural racism in the context of primary health care - Silva LB, Campos DS, Ara újo MVR, Reis RS.
This study scrutinizes structural racism's influence on the training and work of Black professionals in primary health care (PHC) in Rio de Janeiro, particularly focusing on the experiences of Black female physicians. Employing a qualitative approach via a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

How Psychedelics Could Help Soldiers Overcome Trauma
“The soldier above all others prays for peace,” the former American military general Douglas MacArthur once said, “for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” But what about peace with oneself?  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] More than 120,000 U.S. veterans have died by suicide since record keeping began in 2001, according to Veterans Affairs department data. Many more, in the U.S. and elsewhere, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as conflicts spiral around the world. Ukraine’s health ministry estimates that 3 to 4 ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mattha Busby Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Ethena Stablecoin ’s 27% Yield is Triggering Terra-Induced PTSD
The startup’s token, USDe, is backed by staked ETH and ETH short positions. Synthetic stablecoin startup, Ethena Labs, is raising eyebrows after announcing it will offer over 20% yield on its USD-pegged token. Ethena’s Labs’s USDe stablecoin offers a 27% yield, and is available for the public…#ethereum #ethenalabs #ethena #sharda #curve #cryptotwitter #terra #ust #luna #dragonfly (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Comedian Kathy Griffin on being " test case " for Trump retribution
After six years, Emmy Award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin is back on the road for her "My Life on the PTSD-List" tour. In 2017, she became public enemy #1 when she posed with a plastic Trump mask with ketchup on it, and faced federal interrogation for conspiracy to assassinate the president.…#emmyaward #kathygriffin #mylifeonptsdlist #trump #griffin #msnbc #aymanmohyeldin #katiephang #departmentofjustice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Risk factors for multiple violations of protective orders in intimate partner violence against women - Caball é-Pérez M, Santos-Hermoso J, López-Ossorio JJ, Soria-Verde MÁ, Amor PJ, González-Álvarez JL.
This study examined 1,134 cases of violence against women in intimate partner relationships with violations of protective orders in a monitoring period of up to 15 months. The dynamics of time and violence were analyzed in the cases of multiple violation v... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Fatal police shootings of victims with mental health crises: a descriptive analysis of data from the 2014-2015 National Violent Death Reporting System - Khan H, Miller M, Barber C, Azrael D.
One in five fatal police shooting victims may have been experiencing a mental health crisis (MHC) at the time of their death [1]. We use data on fatal police shootings from the National Violent Death Reporting System (2014-2015) to (a) identify incidents w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A novel corporate-community partnership model provides safe housing for pets of domestic violence victims - Pearce HL, Spielman B, Weatherwax C, Pairis-Garcia M.
OBJECTIVE: To document and evaluate a novel partnership model of a safekeeping program for pets owned by domestic violence victims between May 1, 2021, and June 1, 2023. ANIMALS: 19 animals referred to the program. METHODS: Procedures for identific... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

‘I’m never going to be Tony’: Jeanne Marrazzo, Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at NIAID
When Jeanne Marrazzo started her residency at the Yale New Haven Hospital in 1988, the world was a very different place. Marrazzo provided care for dying AIDS patients—mainly gay men and intravenous drug users and their sexual partners. “Stigma was alive and well and thriving, and in fact, really, really ugly at the time,” Marrazzo told an audience of young scientists on 3 March in Denver, just before the start of an HIV/AIDS conference. “You really sometimes had to work hard to get your patients what you needed. That made me interested in political and scientific advocacy and activism very early on.” At th...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

What does the history of inpatient psychiatric unit design tell us about balancing safety and healing for patients with suicidal behaviors? - Liu AJ, Im DS, Hirshbein LD.
This article considers... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news