Medscape (1/27, Anderson, Subscription Publication) reports, “Early life adversity including neglect and physical, emotional, and sexual abuse is the single biggest risk factor for psychiatric disorders,” researchers concluded in “what has been described as a seminal review.” The findings of the review paper were published in the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Top Risk Factor for Mental Disorders Identified, “Pauline Anderson, Medscape, January 27, 2020

Healio (1/24, Gramigna) reported, “Adolescents who were cyberbullied experienced greater psychiatric symptom severity, including for depression and PTSD,” researchers concluded after collecting and analyzing “data on the prevalence of social media utilization and cyberbullying victimization from 50 inpatients aged 13 to 17 years.” The findings of the “questionnaire-based study” were published online Jan. 14 in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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— “Victims of cyberbullying report higher levels of depression, PTSD, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 24, 2020

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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