Quinn, Meghan Dickinson, Samuel Shukla, Shram
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Purpose of Review Born out of necessity, military medicine continues to find itself at the forefront of medical innovation. This generation of military physicians has never previously been challenged with continuing to provide top notch medical support to servicemembers in a variety of operational settings in the midst of a global pandemic. While m...
Grassi, Luigi Folesani, Federica Marella, Marco Tiberto, Elisa Riba, Michelle B Bortolotti, Lisa Toffanin, Tommaso Palagini, Laura Belvederi Murri, Martino Biancosino, Bruno
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Over the last 30 years, medical assistance in dying (MAiD) including euthanasia (EU) and physician-assisted death (or suicide, PAS) has become the center of a large debate, particularly when these practices have involved people with psychiatric illness, including resistant depression, schizophrenia, personality, or other severe psychiatric disorder...
Layman, Hannah M Thorisdottir, Ingibjorg Eva Halldorsdottir, Thorhildur Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora Allegrante, John P Kristjansson, Alfgeir Logi
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To review the literature on the trends in substance use among youth during the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic has given rise to concerns about the mental health and social well-being of youth, including its potential to increase or exacerbate substance use behaviors. This systematic review identified and included 49 studie...
Chin, Kathleen Wendt, Amelia Bennett, Ian M Bhat, Amritha
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Suicide is a leading cause of death in the perinatal period (pregnancy and 1 year postpartum). We review recent findings on prevalence, risk factors, outcomes, and prevention and intervention for suicide during pregnancy and the first year postpartum. Standardization of definitions and ascertainment of maternal deaths have improved identification o...
Adler, Amy B. Gutierrez, Ian A.
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Purpose of Review This paper highlights the topic of combat-related acute stress reactions (ASRs) in service members. Specifically, we contrast ASRs with related psychiatric conditions, report the estimated prevalence of ASRs for soldiers deployed to combat, and discuss how team members can effectively respond to these reactions. Recent Findings Al...
Pumariega, Andres J. Jo, Youngsuhk Beck, Brent Rahmani, Mariam
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Purpose of Review This paper reviews the literature on the prevalence, risk factors, and effects of traumatic experiences on the mental health outcomes of minority youth in the USA. Recent Findings The USA has an increasing number of children and youth from minority backgrounds. Research reveals that traumatic experiences disproportionately affect ...
Moreno, Manon Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luis Porras‑Segovia, Alejandro
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Gowda, Guru S. Isaac, Mohan K.
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Purpose of Review We reviewed the existing and recent community models of care in schizophrenia. We examine characteristics, recent updates, evidence, cost-effectiveness, and patients’ acceptance for existing and new community-based care models in high-income (HI) and low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries. Recent Findings Assertive Community Trea...
Pfefferbaum, Betty Tucker, Phebe Nitiéma, Pascal Van Horn, Richard L. Varma, Vandana Varma, Yogesh Slaughter, Autumn Newman, Elana
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Purpose of Review This paper reports a review of the empirical research examining the association between mass trauma media contact and depression in children, the factors that may influence the association, and the difficulties encountered in the study of media effects on depression. Recent Findings All of the included studies assessed general pop...
Gallop, L. Flynn, M. Campbell, I.C. Schmidt, U.
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Purpose of Review We review recent evidence on the use of neuromodulation for treating eating disorders (EDs), including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. We evaluate studies on (a) modern non-invasive methods of brain stimulation, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulatio...
