Reuters (11/29, Rapaport) reports, “Many female U.K. military veterans experience sexual trauma, emotional bullying and physical assault during their service that has long-term negative health consequences,” researchers concluded in a survey study that “examined data from online surveys completed by 750 female veterans.” The study revealed that “overall, more than one in five women said they experienced sexual harassment (22.5%) and emotional bullying (22.7%) in the military,” while others “also experienced sexual (5.1%) and physical (3.3%) assault.” In particular, PTSD “was significantly associated with emotional bullying,” as were sexual harassment and sexual assault. The findings were published online in BMJ Military Health.

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Psychiatric News (11/29) reports pediatric healthcare professionals “made more calls to two state programs seeking advice on how to treat youth with mental illness, especially those with comorbid conditions, during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic,” investigators concluded after examining “trends in the types of calls received by” the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access programs supporting “PCPs in Maryland and Mississippi between January (Maryland) or September (Mississippi) 2019 and March 2021.” The study revealed that “both programs experienced an uptick in call volume starting in April 2020, when the pandemic took hold in the United States, especially calls involving depression and anxiety.” The findings were published online Nov. 29 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “PCPs Sought Advice More Often on Youth Mental Illness First Year of Pandemic, Psychiatric News, November 29, 2021

Healio (11/24, Gawel) reported, “Depression after childbirth can affect the economic welfare and financial stability of mothers up to 15 years later,” researchers concluded in a study that “examined 4,362 women in the U.S. enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study who had delivered between 1998 and 2000 and were followed until 2017.” The investigators then “combined interview data with the mothers’ medical records and analyzed them at three, five, nine, and 15 years after delivery.” The findings were published Oct. 22 online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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— “Maternal depression linked with long-term economic instability “Richard Gawel, Healio, November 24, 2021

Healio (11/24, Gramigna) reported, “Patients with major psychiatric disorders appeared to have higher rates of medical comorbidities linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes,” researchers concluded after analyzing “data from 2,535,098 unique individuals, of whom 3,350 had schizophrenia, 26,610 had mood disorders and 18,550 had anxiety disorders.” The findings of the “cross-sectional study” were published online Nov. 23 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Major psychiatric disorders may worsen COVID-19 outcomes “Joe Gramigna, Healio, November 24, 2021

According to HealthDay (11/24), adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) may be “four times more likely to have” generalized “anxiety disorder,” researchers concluded after examining data from “a nationally representative sample of nearly 6,900 respondents from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health,” including 272 people with AD/HD “and 682 who had generalized anxiety disorder.” The study also revealed the “connection was even more significant for women, who had five times higher odds of anxiety disorder if they had” AD/HD. The findings were published online Nov. 16 in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

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— “Adults With ADHD Face 4 Times the Odds for Anxiety Disorder “Cara Murez, HealthDay, November 24, 2021