Violence/Trauma News

Psychiatrists play an important role in addressing human trafficking, according to a group of California-based clinicians.

Compared with other hospital patients, those with COVID-19 reported greater anxiety and perceived trauma, according to findings published in BMC Psychiatry.

Adults with a history of incarceration had a higher risk for developing chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes than those who were never incarcerated, highlighting a need for targeted interventions, according to researchers.

The American Psychiatric Association said it “stands in solidarity” with the LGBTQ community in the aftermath of the shooting at Club Q Nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and amidst ongoing discrimination.

Having one or more off-premises alcohol outlets in a census tract was linked with a 13.5% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in a single year, researchers reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

One-third of public health workers have faced some sort of workplace violence that has affected their mental health, according to researchers.

Children from Brazil exposed to trauma in early childhood are at greater risk for developing psychiatric disorders by their middle childhood years, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

The Charles Drew Health Center and Siena Francis House have launched Nebraska’s first medical respite program for homeless individuals.

Reducing sexual violence through policy and societal changes may benefit the mental health of adolescents and contribute to shrinking gender gaps in internalization of mental health issues, per a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

The recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion access and firearm restrictions both have implications for people capable of pregnancy, according to a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.