Gender-Affirming Mastectomy: Psychosocial and Surgical Outcomes in Transgender Adults.

Background: Limited literature exists examining the effects of gender-affirming mastectomy on transmasculine and nonbinary patients that is prospective and uses validated survey instruments.

Study Design: The psychosocial functioning of transmasculine and nonbinary patients was compared between patients who underwent gender-affirming mastectomy and those who had not yet undergone surgery. Participants were enrolled in a single-site, combined study of surgical and psychosocial outcomes, including a cross-sectional cohort of preoperative and postoperative patients, as well as separate prospective cohort.

The Needle Anxiety Program: A Patient-Centered Initiative for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities.

Objective To describe the development process of a patient-centered initiative focused on improving primary care health outcomes of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and needle-related anxiety using evidence-based practices and novel approaches that can be implemented in outpatient settings. The overall outcome of the program is to increase vaccine uptake and accessibility in the IDD population as well as improve needle-related procedures in primary care settings to be more humane and effective. Methods The development process occurred in the context of a large healthcare system serving a diverse patient population in the U.

Physical, cognitive, and psychosocial predictors of functional disability and health-related quality of life in adolescents with neurofibromatosis-1.

Objective. To examine physical, cognitive, and social-emotional predictors of quality of life (HRQOL) and functional disability (FD) in adolescents diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis-1. Methods.

Prevention of the Choking Game: parent perspectives.

Background: Many preadolescents and adolescents have been reported to take part in forced asphyxiation as a means of creating a feeling of being high without taking drugs. This activity goes by different names, including the Choking Game, Blackout, and Space Monkey. The limited epidemiological data suggest that about 6-11% of adolescents report having engaged in this behavior.