Violence/Trauma News

McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, has been named the top hospital in the United States for psychiatric care by the U.S. News & World Report for 2022 to 2023.

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion was not associated with improved outcome for children following a traumatic brain injury. However, a decrease in intracranial pressure was observed, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Those with first-episode psychosis demonstrated more suicidal behavior compared with healthy controls, while perceived stress and emotional abuse were linked to an increase in suicidal ideation and risk, according to a recent study.

Researchers have described how to diagnose complex PTSD based on patient symptoms, following WHO’s new classification of the disorder, which differs from established PTSD.

PTSD was associated with accelerated decline in cognitive function in middle-aged women, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

A high degree of social anxiety was reported among Lebanese adolescents and was attributed to factors such as parental separation, neglect and child abuse, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Bullying in school was associated with increased levels of anxiety for both victims and perpetrators, particularly for those involved on both sides of the issue, according to a study from China published in Psychiatry Research.

Senators have announced a bipartisan proposal to reduce the threat of gun violence in the United States.

NEW ORLEANS – Family member involvement or previous diagnoses of depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder is most likely how extremists and conspiracy theorists end up in psychiatric care, Jack S. Rozel, MD, said.

NEW ORLEANS – Psychiatrists should take care of homeless patients as physicians and look at overall health issues, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.