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Pediatric physicians should screen women for postpartum depression at well-child visits and make use of community resources for treatment and referral

Pediatricians Have Role in ID’ing Postpartum Depression

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Routine screening should be integrated into well-child visits at 1, 2, 4, and 6 months of age
The risk for subsequent self-directed violence is increased among young people presenting to the emergency department for certain medical conditions

Risk for Later Suicide Up for Certain Youth Presenting to ED

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Hazard ratios significantly increased for self-directed violence after initial visit for epilepsy, seizures
Vaping among American teenagers increased dramatically in 2018

More U.S. Teens Are Vaping, but Use of Opioids, Alcohol Falling

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About 37 percent of 12th graders said they had vaped within the previous 12 months
When using brief cognitive assessments

Dementia Often Misclassified With Brief Cognitive Assessments

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Only consistent predictor of overall misclassification was absence of informant-rated poor memory
Physician mothers experience discrimination in a range of ways

Persistent Discrimination ID’d Among Physician Mothers

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Physician mothers report limited opportunities for advancement, financial inequalities, lack of support
Sexual-minority youth have higher depressive symptoms at age 10 and an increased likelihood of self-harm in adolescence and young adulthood

Depressive Symptoms Up From Age 10 for Sexual-Minority Youth

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Sexual-minority adolescents were more likely to report self-harm in past year at ages 16 and 21
Medication errors in acute care that result in death occur most often in patients older than 75 years

Medication Errors Resulting in Death Most Common in Elderly

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Most common medication error category was omitted medicine or ingredient
Women with military-related risk factors have an increased risk for developing dementia

Dementia Risk Up in Women With Military-Linked Risk Factors

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Risk for developing dementia higher for women with TBI, PTSD, and depression
Patient-reported outcome measures can be useful for measuring symptoms in primary care clinics if clinicians use these measures to improve care

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures May Aid Communication

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Usefulness of PROs varies based on how much doctors value, prioritize, and use them
National health care spending slowed in 2017

2017 Saw Slowing in National Health Care Spending

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Slower growth in health care spending mainly due to use and intensity of goods and services