Effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on sleep, health, working patterns of...
Editor’s Note This survey of healthcare workers finds that stay-at-home orders issued in March 2020, resulted in worsening mood and changes in sleep, work, and behavior patterns. A total of 834...
View ArticleAssociation of psychiatric disorders with mortality in COVID-19 patients
Editor’s Note In this study led by researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City, a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder was associated with an increased risk for...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins professor Marty Makary, MD, predicts herd immunity by April
Editor’s Note In a February 18 Wall Street Journal op-ed, Marty Makary, MD, a surgeon and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, predicts that the US...
View ArticleAdverse mental health symptoms, substance use, suicide ideation during COVID-19
Editor’s Note This follow-up survey of 5,285 US adults, which was completed in September 2020, finds that overall: 1,710 (33.0%) reported anxiety or depression symptoms 1,536 (29.6%) reported COVID-19...
View ArticleStudy: Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric mental health
Editor’s Note This study by FAIR Health on mental health claims for individuals aged 13 to 18 years in March and April 2020 finds: Mental health claims doubled, compared to the year before, while...
View ArticleAssociation of nurse, physician occupations with suicide risk
Editor’s Note The findings of this study from the University of Michigan Schools of Nursing and Medicine, Ann Arbor, suggest a significantly increased suicide risk for nurses in the US, compared to the...
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The increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, along with proposed healthcare industry funding from the federal government, are reasons to feel hopeful about recovering from the pandemic. For people...
View ArticleEffect of COVID-19 stay-at-home order on opioid overdose fatalities
Editor’s Note In this report, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, estimate the number of opioid-involved overdose deaths in Cook County over a 3-year period...
View ArticleStudy: Postop opioid prescriptions decreasing, but not to recommended levels
Editor’s Note Opioids prescribed after outpatient surgery are going down, but still do not meet expert recommendations, a new study from Epic Health Research Network finds. The researchers examined the...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital Colorado ‘overrun with kids attempting suicide’
Editor’s Note The CEO of Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora declared a “State of Emergency” on May 25, saying pediatric emergency departments and inpatient units are being “overrun with kids...
View ArticleUS anesthesiologists’ burnout rate, risk factors
Editor’s Note The prevalence of burnout in anesthesiologists is high, and workplace factors are a big influence, finds this study led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical...
View ArticleCDC: ED visits for suicide attempts in those aged 12-17 years before, during...
Editor’s Note This study by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expands on previous work showing increases in emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide...
View ArticleSurvey: COVID-19 pandemic has caused depression in 29% of workers
Editor’s Note In a Gartner survey of more than 5,000 employees, 29% said they were depressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly half (49%) of respondents sought help through their companies...
View ArticleChanges in admissions to addiction treatment facilities in California during...
Editor’s Note This study from the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a 28.3% decline in monthly addiction treatment initiations. Larger declines...
View ArticleCDC: More than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses last year
Editor’s Note New provisional data released July 14 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that more than 93,331 people died from drug overdoes in the US last year. The nearly...
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The Joint Commission on June 18 issued prepublication standards for its New and Revised Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements, which will apply to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals...
View ArticleOpioid deaths surging in older Black men
Editor’s Note In this study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, researchers find a roughly tenfold increase in opioid deaths in adults 55 years and older, driven...
View ArticleIcahn School of Medicine receives $2M Health Workforce Resiliency grant
Editor’s Note The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), on February 16, awarded New York City’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a 3-year,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 patients at increased risk of mental health disorders
Editor’s Note This study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St Louis Health Care System finds that those who have had COVID-19 were 60% more likely to...
View ArticleIncreases in drug overdose mortality by race, ethnicity during COVID-19
Editor’s Note This study from the University of California, Los Angeles, finds that Blacks had the largest percentage increase in overdose mortality rates in 2020, overtaking the rates among Whites for...
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