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Patients With Behavioral Disorders Who Are Physically Restrained In The ED May Report Psychological Distress, Distrust In Healthcare System, Small Study Indicates

STAT (1/24, Thielking) reported, “Sometimes, in especially intense moments in the emergency” department, “a staffer might have to take the drastic step of physically restraining a patient who is in mental health crisis.” ED “staffers themselves have described it as an exceedingly difficult process, rife with the tension between providing good care and feeling physically threatened.” But, “how does a patient feel during the experience, and how does that affect a person’s care and recovery?”

MD Magazine (1/24, Rosenfeld) reported, “Patients with behavioral disorders who were physically restrained in the emergency department reported distrust in the healthcare system and psychological distress,” researchers concluded after interviewing “25 adults who were physically restrained during” a visit to the ED. The study team “found three major themes from the interviews: harmful experiences of restraint use and care provision; diverse and complex personal contexts affecting visits to the emergency department; and challenges in resolving their experiences which resulted in worsened well-being.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.

Related Links:

— “‘Traumatic as hell’: Patients describe what it’s like to be restrained in the ER, “Megan Thielking, STAT, January 24, 2020

Gun Violence May Deliver More Long-Term Damage To Survivors Than Car Accidents, Study Indicates

HealthDay (1/23, Preidt) reports, “Gun violence appears to deliver more long-term damage to survivors than car crashes do,” researchers concluded after assessing “63 gunshot injury survivors who were treated at three trauma centers in Boston.” Investigators “found that six to 12 months after suffering their injuries, 68% reported daily pain; 53% screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); 39% said they had a new limitation in a daily living activity such as walking, cooking, eating or going to the bathroom; and 59% had not returned to work.” The findings were published online in the Annals of Surgery.

Related Links:

— “More Lasting Damage From Gun Violence Than Car Accidents, ” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, January 23, 2020

Access To Puberty Blockers May Lessen Chances Of Suicide In Transgender Youth, Researchers Say

Reuters (1/23, Rapaport) reports, “While only a minority of transgender youth who want puberty-blocking medicines receive this treatment,” research “suggests they may have a lower suicide risk when they get it.”

CNN (1/23, Christensen) reports investigators arrived at this conclusion after “analyzing data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey, involving 20,619 people between the ages of 18 and 36 years old.” The findings were published online Jan. 23 in Pediatrics. Currently, “at least six states are trying to restrict transgender kids from getting gender reassignment treatments.”

Providing similar coverage are Newsweek (1/23, Gander) and MedPage Today (1/23, Monaco).

Related Links:

— “For some trans youth, suicide risk lowers with puberty suppression, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, January 23, 2020

Suicide Rates Appear To Vary By Industry, Occupation, Researchers Say

Healio (1/23, Gramigna) reports, “Suicide rates vary by industry and occupation, with individuals in specific groups within these categories experiencing higher rates compared with the general population,” CDC researchers concluded in findings published in the Jan. 24 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. For the study, investigators “analyzed data from 32 states included in the 2016 National Violent Death Reporting System,” with a focus on “suicide data by industry and occupation among working-age decedents presumed to be employed at the time of death.” The study revealed that “male fishing and hunting workers had the highest suicide rate, followed by musicians, singers and related workers,” while “artists and related workers experienced the highest suicide rate among women, followed by laborers and freight, stock and material movers.”

Related Links:

— “CDC: Suicide rates vary widely by industry and occupation, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 23, 2020

Investigators Observe Association Between Maternal Postpartum Depression, Risk Of Developing Atopic Dermatitis

MD Magazine (1/22, Kunzmann) reports researchers “have observed a link between maternal postpartum depression and a risk of developing atopic dermatitis in childhood and adolescence.” After examining “a database of nearly 5000 US children born in metropolitan areas,” investigators found that “mothers are at a greater rate of depression in the postpartum period and beyond if their child suffers from the common skin condition.” What’s more, “the risk of depression…worsens with the severity or continuance of atopic dermatitis.” The findings were published in the January/February issue of the journal Dermatitis.

Related Links:

— “Postpartum Depression Linked to Pediatric Dermatitis, “Kevin Kunzmann, MD Magazine, January 22, 2020

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