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Non-medically trained health care workers caring for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 have an increased prevalence of anxiety compared with medically trained health care workers

Anxiety Up for Nonmedical Health Care Workers Versus Those on Front Lines

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Nonmedical health care workers have higher mean DASS-21 anxiety, stress scores, higher IES-R scores
Taking a short break to interact with therapy dogs or color mandalas decreases stress levels in emergency medicine providers

Dogs, Coloring Lower Stress in Emergency Department Workers

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In a prospective trial, five minutes spent coloring or with therapy dogs lowered provider cortisol levels
Parental mental illness is associated with an increased risk for injuries among offspring

Parents’ Mental Illness Tied to Higher Injury Rate in Offspring

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Association seen for birth through adolescence, but risk highest for child's first year of life
Physical activity is linked to fewer depressive symptoms

Physical Activity Tied to Mental Well-Being in Menopause

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Postmenopausal women had more depressive symptoms than perimenopausal, premenopausal women
Suicide rates increased 35 percent from 1999 through 2018

CDC: 1999 to 2018 Saw 35 Percent Increase in Suicide Rates

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Rate increased 1 percent per year from 1999 to 2006 and 2 percent per year from 2006 through 2018
Mothers with a body mass index of 25 kg/m² and greater are more likely to see behavioral problems and psychiatric symptoms in their children

Maternal Obesity May Be Related to Risk for ADHD in Children

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Risk seen for mothers with body mass index of 25 and greater; paternal obesity not a factor
Heavy drinkers who continue drinking into old age have significantly larger waistlines and increased stroke risk

Heavy Drinking Tied to Larger Waist Lines, Higher Stroke Risk

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Higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors seen even for those who stop drinking heavily by age 50
An initiative to add social workers to rural primary care teams increases social work encounters among veterans and reduces hospital admissions and emergency department visits among high-risk patients

Adding Social Workers to Care Teams Can Cut Hospital Admissions for Veterans

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Initiative to add social workers to rural primary care teams also reduces ED visits for high-risk veterans
Baseline modifiable electronic cigarette device users smoke more cigarettes at one-year follow-up than vape pen users

‘Mod’ E-Cigarette Users Smoke More Cigarettes One Year Later

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Those who use mods versus vape pens smoke more than six times as many cigarettes at one-year follow-up
When hypothetical stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 are extended longer than expected

Compliance Higher if Stay-at-Home Extensions Are Shorter Than Thought

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Results more pronounced among individuals who were already fully complying with self-isolation