Violence

Children with low food security were over five times more likely to experience violence vs. food-secure children, according to a study published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

The economic burden of youth violence in the United States reached $122 billion in 2020, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Adults older than 60 years have significantly worse cognition and higher depression after experiencing moderate to severe trauma, according to research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

SAN FRANCISCO — Immediate psych-based response to mass traumatic events like school shootings is crucial to fostering a sense of safety for those who experience them, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — Many human trafficking victims have contact with health care providers while they are being exploited, making it critical that providers know how to identify and care for them, speakers say in this Healio video.

SAN FRANCISCO — Behavioral threat assessment and management provides a multidisciplinary approach to preventing people who are at risk for violence from carrying it out, according to Jack S. Rozel, MD, MSL.

SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI’s San Francisco field office is working with schools and local communities to create multidisciplinary cross-functional teams to prevent violence, FBI special agent Greg A. Concepcion says in this Healio video.

WASHINGTON — Violence and maltreatment in childhood were linked to greater risk for asthma among patients with positive biomarkers of high Th2 immunity, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with asthma who experienced intimate partner violence had higher predicted rates of uncontrolled asthma, according to an abstract presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

For pregnant women in the United States, homicide is more likely than death by the top three causes of maternal mortality — hypertensive disorders, sepsis and hemorrhage — according to experts.