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Nearly 76 Percent Of Girls Who Self-Harm May End Up Hospitalized, Welsh Study Suggests

Newsweek (10/29, Lemieux) reports research indicates that “76 percent of girls who self-harm will end up hospitalized, compared to only 49 percent of boys.” For the study, Welsh investigators “examined 15,739 cases of self-harm,” focusing “on persons from ages 10 to 24, taking place between 2003 and 2015.” The study also revealed that “the highest rate of self-harm was among 15- to 19-year-olds, a statistic that matched the findings of a suicide hotline organization.” The article does not disclose where the findings were presented or published, but reports that “the study is part of a consultation launched by the Welsh government to tackle mental health concerns among the populace.” BBC News (UK)(10/29) also covers the study.
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— “Girls More Likely To End Up In Hospital After Self-Harm Incidents, Study Says, “Melissa Lemieux, Newsweek, October 29, 2019

Colleges Struggling To Help Growing Number Of Students Suffering From Mental Health Issues

The Boston Globe (10/29, Fernandes) reports that the rise in suicides among college-aged people “has left many campuses across the country grappling with how best to help the growing number of students who are suffering from depression, anxiety, and a host of other mental health issues.” Some colleges are increasing “counseling services or deploying mobile apps that allow students to routinely check in on their emotional health,” while others “are training academic advisers to spot the signs of depression and embedding counselors in campus cultural groups to help students of color, who may be less likely to seek traditional therapy.” While exact numbers for suicides among college students are difficult to ascertain, a recent review by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting “found that from 2007 to 2016, at least 18 students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and 8 students each at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University killed themselves.”

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— “Colleges struggle to help growing number of students with mental health trouble, ” Deirdre Fernandes, The Boston Globe, October 29, 2019

Children With An ASD May Be Twice As Likely To Experience Pain As Children Without An ASD, Researchers Say

HealthDay (10/28, Reinberg) reports, “Children with an autism spectrum disorder [ASD] may be twice as likely to experience pain as kids without autism,” researchers concluded after gathering “data on pain from nearly 1,500 children with autism ages six to 17, and nearly 49,000 children without autism.” The findings were published online Oct. 28 in a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.

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— “Pain Twice as Common for Kids With Autism: Study, “Steven Reinberg, HealthDay , October 28, 2019

Middle-Aged Adults With BPD May Be More Likely To Have A Heart Attack, Study Indicates

Healio (10/28, Gramigna) reports, “Middle-aged adults with borderline personality disorder, or BPD, may be more likely to have a heart attack,” research indicated. The findings of the 1,295-participant study were published online in Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

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— “Borderline personality disorder may increase risk for heart attack, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, October 28, 2019

Individuals With Mental Illnesses May Have Higher Mortality Rates Than The General Population, Researchers Say

Healio (10/28, Gramigna) reports, “Individuals with mental disorders have significantly higher mortality rates than the general population,” researchers concluded in “a Danish register-based cohort study” involving 7,369,926 people. The findings were published online Oct. 24 in The Lancet.

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— “People with mental disorders die significantly earlier than general population, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, October 28, 2019

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