USA Today (6/13, Zoroya) reports that behavioral health experts warn that “a second wave of suffering can flow from” violent events like the Orlando shooting, “as survivors and first responders — such as the police officers who fought their way into the Pulse early Sunday — struggle with what they’ve witnessed.” Behavioral health experts “say it is common for people to have intense memories of traumatic events. But when those memories become intrusive and involuntary, the result can be PTSD.”

Psychiatric News (6/13) reports APA President Maria A. Oquendo, MD said in a statement, “We are deeply saddened by the senseless violence in Orlando this weekend.” She added, “The notion that the potential motive for targeting the patrons of this nightclub was because of their sexual orientation is disturbing. … We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families.

APA is a healing organization and our members will be there to help the community of Orlando heal.” Meanwhile, Robert Ursano, MD, chair of APA’s Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, said, “Mass shootings are a far-too-common form of terrorism in our nation. …Terrorists attack the fault lines in our society, at the boundaries of sexual preference or race or ethnicity, so it’s important for our nation and our communities to stand together.”

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— “After the shooting stops, another fear sets in: PTSD,” Gregg Zoroya, USA Today, June 13, 2016.

HealthDay (6/13, Preidt) reports that research indicates “adults who witnessed parental domestic violence in childhood are at increased risk for suicide attempts.” Investigators looked at data on approximately 22,500 adults. The researchers found that approximately “17 percent of those exposed to chronic parental domestic violence (more than 10 times before age 16) had attempted suicide, compared with roughly 2 percent of those not exposed to parental domestic violence.” The findings were published online in Child: Care, Health and Development.

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— “The Childhood Incidents That Increase Later Suicide Risk,” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, June 13, 2016.

HealthDay (6/10, Thompson) reported that the findings of a 44-family study indicated that “preschoolers now often spend hours each day watching TV or playing video games – with little or no oversight or interaction from a parent.” The study, presented at a psychological association meeting, revealed that just “a handful of kids aged three to five years old received active engagement from their moms as they sat glued to the ‘electronic babysitter.

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— “Parents Often Using TVs, Tablets as ‘Electronic Babysitters’,” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, June 10, 2016.

HealthDay (6/10, Dotinga) reported, “Some workaholics may be prone to mental health disorders, compared to folks with greater work-life balance,” the findings of a 16,500-adult study suggest. Such “disorders may include anxiety,” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), “obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression,” researchers found.

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— “Are ‘Workaholics’ Prone to OCD, Anxiety?,” Randy Dotinga, HealthDay, June 10, 2016.

USA Today (6/9, Painter) reports trying e-cigarettes may be a new rite of passage for teens, according to a recent survey conducted by the CDC. Data show nearly 50 percent of the 15,000 high school students in the survey had tried vaping, but just one-third had smoked a tobacco cigarette. On a positive note, the percentage of those who said they had taken “even one puff of a tobacco cigarette dropped from 70% in the early 1990s to 41% in 2013 and 32% in 2015.”

The AP (6/9, Stobbe) reports the survey also revealed that sexual activity among teens decreased. Data show “41 percent of high school kids said they had ever had sex, down from around 47 percent over much of the last decade.” In addition, the survey “found marked declines last year in the proportion of students who said had sex recently, had sex before they were 13, and had four or more partners.”

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— “More teens now try vaping than smoking,” Kim Painter, , June 9, 2016.