Healio (4/14, VanDewater) reported, “Adults with childhood trauma had greater bodily stress dysregulation, which made them more susceptible to psychopathological and somatic disorders,” researchers concluded in the findings of a 2,981-participant study presented in a poster at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference.

Related Links:

— “Childhood trauma may contribute to adult stress dysregulation, anxiety, depression “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, April 14, 2023

Healio (4/14, Schaffer) reported, “Adults who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and developed depression or anxiety within one year were 1.4 times more likely to die during follow-up compared with those without a mental health diagnosis, researchers reported” in findings published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open.

According to Psychiatric News (4/14), investigators examined “data from the claims records of 2,373 adults…who were hospitalized after cardiac arrest between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2015, and who survived for at least one year.”

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— “Mortality risk grows with depression, anxiety after surviving cardiac arrest “Regina Schaffer, Healio , April , 2023

The AP (4/13, Miller) reports President Biden “announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children will now be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges.” His decision “will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, to access government-funded health insurance programs.”

The Washington Post (4/13, Goldstein) reports the move, “which the White House says would benefit up to 580,000 people brought to the United States as children, would broaden the definition of who qualifies for those two insurance programs and one other.”

The New York Times (4/13, Kanno-Youngs) a “White House statement said it expected ‘to get this done by the end of the month.’”

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— “Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access “Zeke Miller, Amanda Seitz and Michael Balsamo , AP, April 13, 2023

Healio (4/13, VanDewater) reports, “Suicidality was associated with weakened positive affect reactivity during conversation, which may explain the link between suicidality and social disconnection,” investigators concluded in the findings of a 228-participant study presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Conference.

Related Links:

— “Emotions after socialization may explain link between suicidality, social disconnect “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, April 13, 2023

According to CNN (4/13, McPhillips), in 2021, “the suicide rate in the United States returned to a near-record high…reversing two years of decline.” In fact, “final data” for that year show that “suicide was the 11th leading cause of death nationwide, with more than 14 deaths for every 100,000 people.” While “the death rate has increased 32% over the past two decades…the 4% jump between 2020 and 2021 was the sharpest annual increase in that timeframe.” The findings were published online April 13 in the CDC’s NCHS Data Brief No. 464.

Related Links:

— “Suicide rises to 11th leading cause of death in the US in 2021, reversing two years of decline “Deidre McPhillips, CNN, April 13, 2023