Inflicted head-injury by shaking-trauma in infants: the importance of spatiotemporal variations of the head's rotation center - Schiks LAH, Dankelman J, Loeve AJ.
Inflicted head injury by shaking trauma (IHI-ST) in infants is a type of abusive head trauma often simulated computationally to investigate causalities between violent shaking and injury. This is commonly done with the head's rotation center kept fixed ove...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Interpersonal trauma effects on adolescent depression: the moderating role of neurophysiological responses to positive interpersonal images - Long Y, Dickey L, Pegg S, Argiros A, Venanzi L, Dao A, Kujawa A.
Trauma exposure is associated with a heightened risk for depression and such risk is thought to vary based on the type of traumatic events (e.g., interpersonal, including abuse and domestic violence, or non-interpersonal, including accidents or natural dis...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Behavioral and neurocognitive factors distinguishing post-traumatic stress comorbidity in substance use disorders - Houghton DC, Spratt HM, Keyser-Marcus L, Bjork JM, Neigh GN, Cunningham KA, Ramey T, Moeller FG.
Significant trauma histories and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are common in persons with substance use disorders (SUD) and often associate with increased SUD severity and poorer response to SUD treatment. As such, this sub-population has been asso...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Prevalence of alcohol and other drug detections in non-transport injury events - Lau G, Mitra B, Gabbe BJ, Dietze PM, Reeder S, Cameron PA, Smit DV, Schneider HG, Symons E, Koolstra C, Stewart C, Beck B.
OBJECTIVE: To measure the prevalence of alcohol and/or other drug (AOD) detections in suspected major trauma patients with non-transport injuries who presented to an adult major trauma centre. METHODS: This registry-based cohort study examined the ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Secondary undertriage of pediatric trauma patients across the United States emergency departments - Scaife JH, Bryce JR, Iantorno SE, Yang M, McCrum ML, Bucher BT.
INTRODUCTION: The American College of Surgeons has developed evidence-based guidelines to triage the care of severely injured children to Level 1 and 2 trauma centers. Undertriage is the treatment of patients at facilities not equipped to treat the patient...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Psychosocial stress and methamphetamine use: a mixed-methods study of intersectional stigma and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methamphetamine use - Sivak L, Reilly R, Lockton J, Treloar C, Roe Y, McKetin R, Butt J, Ezard N, Winkenweder H, Ward J.
BACKGROUND: Regular methamphetamine use can cause a range of physical, psychological and social harms. Stigma is one factor that impacts engagement and successful completion of treatment. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who regul...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

The impact of childhood trauma and daily life experiences on emotional and psychotic symptom intensity in psychosis: an experience sampling study - Dokuz G, Kani AS, Uysal, Ku şcu MK.
This study aims to examine the effec...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Psychiatric consults associated with longer length of stay in trauma patients-a retrospective study - Balijepalli S, Mansuri K, Gonzalez C, Mansuri O.
INTRODUCTION: Mental illness is a risk factor for intentional and unintentional injury and is associated with readmission. The impact of psychiatric consults on length of stay (LOS) of trauma patients is still undergoing study. METHODS: Trauma regi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Call to action: the rise of pediatric gun violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Schauss E, Zettler H, Hawes K, Rashed J, Roberts S, Ahern B, Bartelli D, Li C, Burgess M, Williams R.
This study examines and describes circumstances involving non-fatal firearm injuries in a pediatric population from a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in the southeastern U.S. Researchers analyzed Firearm Injury Questionnaire (FIQ) data collected from 144 c...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Effects of early mental state changes on physical functions in elderly patients with a history of falls - Cui Y, Liu B, Qin MZ, Liu Q, Ye H, Zhou J.
BACKGROUND: Fear of falling is a potential consequence for older adults who have experienced a fall. Whether such psychological concerns related to falls, in turn, affect physical function? Especially those who have a history of falling but have not been d...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Behavioral and psychological treatments for NREM parasomnias: a systematic review - Mundt JM, Schuiling MD, Warlick C, Dietch JR, Wescott AB, Hagenaars M, Furst A, Khorramdel K, Baron KG.
BACKGROUND: Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias are often benign and transient, requiring no formal treatment. However, parasomnias can also be chronic, disrupt sleep quality, and pose a significant risk of harm to the patient or others. Numerous beh...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

In-hospital mortality risk and discharge disposition following hip fractures: an analysis of the Texas Trauma Registry - Martinez VH, Quirarte JA, Treffalls RN, McCormick S, Martin CW, Brady CI.
BACKGROUND: In-hospital mortality and discharge disposition following traumatic hip fractures previously reported in the literature, has mainly focused on a nationwide scale, which may not be reflective of unique populations. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Effectiveness of group training based on choice theory on internalizing problems, empathy, and identity transformations among male adolescents - Nooripour R, Sikstr öm S, Amirinia M, Chenarani H, Emadi F, J Lavie C, Ilanloo H, Hosseinian S.
BACKGROUND: Choice theory stems from psychological concepts like self-concept, successful identity, and quality of the world. The theory encourages adolescents to accept the responsibility for their choices on the one hand and predict the effect of such de...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

A retrospective observational study of facial dog bite injuries and its management in a tertiary care center - Sreeramaraju V, Babu VS, Sharma MK, Jha MK, Bhattacharya S.
Background : Facial dog bite injuries result in significant emotional, psychological, and physical trauma to the victims involved and should be considered a significant health issue. The purpose of this study is to share our experience in the management an...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news