Trauma Disorders

NEW YORK — A key role for psychiatrists is assessing the mental health needs of a community affected by natural disaster, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, told Healio at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

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.

A new committee opinion issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists encourages women’s health professionals to acknowledge that trauma occurs and the effect it has on their patients and colleagues.