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USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment

TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – The current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of interventions in primary care for preventing child maltreatment. These findings form...

Adverse Childhood Experiences Tied to Adult Mental Health Outcomes

FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 – Associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult mental health outcomes remain significant even after controlling for shared genetic and environmental...

Acupuncture Helps Alleviate PTSD Symptoms in Combat Veterans

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – Acupuncture may be clinically efficacious in combat veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published online Feb. 21...

Clinical Practice Guideline Updated for Management of PTSD, Acute Stress

MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 – In a synopsis of the 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense clinical practice guideline (CPG), published online Feb. 27 in the Annals of...

How to Calm Your Child After a Nightmare

TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 – Most parents have experienced it: Your young child wakes up distraught, sure that the nightmare they've just suffered through is real. Dr. Anis Rehman, an internal medicine...

Crisis Response Planning May Aid PTSD Treatment Outcomes

FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 – Crisis response planning (CRP) is associated with reductions in suicidal ideation among military personnel and veterans receiving outpatient treatment for posttraumatic...

Leaving Pets Behind Adds to Trauma, Danger for People in Crisis

MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – Imagine being subjected to domestic violence in your home, wanting to escape – but there's no place you can go that will accept a beloved pet. That's the gut-wrenching...

Physical Activity + Mindfulness Training Aids Mental Health

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 – Interventions combining physical activity with mindfulness are effective for improving mental health and well-being, according to a review published online in the March...

Psychologists Face Challenges of Increased Demand, Patient Severity

FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 – The ongoing mental health crisis is causing significant challenges for many psychologists as they grapple with both heightened demand and patients presenting with increasingly...

Better Mental Health in '24? Try Mindfulness + Exercise

FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 – Combining mindfulness with exercise could be the key to managing stress during a potentially turbulent 2024, a new review argues. People who exercise and practice mindfulness...

Problem-Solving Skills Training Can Improve Parental Psychosocial Outcomes

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – For parents of children with chronic health conditions (CHCs), problem-solving skills training (PSST) is associated with improvement in parental, pediatric, and family...

For Black Teens, Online Racial Discrimination Tied to PTSD Symptoms

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 – For Black adolescents, individual online racial discrimination is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and these symptoms are associated with suicidal...

Vietnam War Veterans at No Higher Risk for Suicide: Study

FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 – The Vietnam war was a traumatic event in American history, most especially for those who served. However, there’s a glimmer of good news from recent research: Suicide rates f...

Post-Trauma Support Can Prevent Repeat Hospitalizations

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 – When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report. There's no uniform...

Marijuana Use Increasingly Linked to Addiction, Psychosis

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay news) – A rising tide of cannabis-related mental health problems is resulting from the widespread legalization of recreational weed in the United States, warns a...

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