Objective: Few studies have examined the interplay between collective trauma (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic) and personal trauma (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-reported lost memory of child sexual abuse (CSA) can be mistaken for "repressed memory." Based on our longitudinal studies of memory and disclosure in child maltreatment victims who are now adults, we discuss findings relevant to "repressed memory cases." We examined relations between self-report of temporarily lost memory of CSA (subjective forgetting) and memory accuracy for maltreatment-related experiences (objective memory).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn legal cases regarding child sexual abuse (CSA), children have various options, such as to disclose or deny maltreatment. When interviewed in adulthood, their accounts may be consistent with their childhood responses. Alternatively, denial in childhood could be followed in adulthood by disclosure ("deferred disclosure"), confirming previous suspicions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial and economic inequality are chronic stressors that continually erode the mental and physical health of marginalized groups, undermining overall societal resilience. In this comprehensive review, we synthesize evidence of greater increases in mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic among socially or economically marginalized groups in the United States, including (a) people who are low income or experiencing homelessness, (b) racial and ethnic minorities, (c) women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) communities, (d) immigrants and migrants, (e) children and people with a history of childhood adversity, and (f) the socially isolated and lonely. Based on this evidence, we propose that reducing social and economic inequality would promote population mental health and societal resilience to future crises.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfants born with single ventricle physiology that require an aorto-pulmonary shunt are at high risk for sudden cardiac death, particularly during the interstage period between the first-stage palliation and the second-stage palliation. Home monitoring programs have decreased interstage mortality in the hypoplastic left heart syndrome population prompting programs to expand the home monitoring program to other high-risk populations. At our mid-sized program, we implemented the Locus Health home monitoring platform first in the hypoplastic left heart syndrome population, then expanding to the single ventricle shunt population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNutritional management and home monitoring programs (HMPs) may be beneficial for improving interstage morbidity and mortality following stage I Norwood palliation (S1P) for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). We recognized an increasing trend towards early feeding gastrostomy tube (GT) placement prior to discharge in our institution, and we aimed to investigate the effect of HMPs and GTs on interstage mortality and growth parameters. Single-institutional review at a tertiary referral center between 2008 and 2018.
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