Mental Health Apps Offer Basic Features
Privacy challenges identified for apps, including metrics such as star ratings
Social Frailty Linked to Worse Outcomes for Elderly Heart Failure Patients
Social frailty linked to composite of all-cause death, cardiovascular events among elderly hospitalized heart failure patients
Most Older Adults Concerned About Emergency Department Costs
Predictors of emergency department avoidance include lower income, being uninsured, poor or fair mental/physical health, and younger age
1990 to 2019 Saw Improvement in Women’s Representation in Academic Medicine
However, representation of underrepresented minorities only increased modestly overall
Lower Levels of Adolescent Cannabis, Vaping During Pandemic Persisted to 2022
Reduced levels of teen cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during pandemic continued, while alcohol use returned to prepandemic level
Factors Linked to Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Revisits Identified
Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits
Acupressure Aids Self-Reported Sleep Disturbances in Cancer Patients
Systematic review finds acupressure better than acupuncture or electroacupuncture
Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits With Prolonged LOS Up During 2021
Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits
Black Race, Male Sex Tied to Use of Pharmacological Restraint in Pediatric Emergency Visits
No significant association observed between average annual emergency department volume and restraint use
Treatment-Resistant Depression Common and Costly
Treatment-resistant depression episodes tied to more psychiatric comorbid conditions, health care utilization, self-harm, and all-cause mortality
