Providing Clinical Psychology Training and Trauma-Focused Treatment via Telehealth During COVID-19.

To slow the spread of COVID-19 many mental health providers transitioned to telehealth delivery of trauma-focused treatment for maltreated children. However, these providers faced myriad challenges, including equitable access to equipment and technical demands of telehealth software. Training clinics overseeing pre-doctoral clinical psychology interns experienced the added challenge of providing quality supervision and training via telehealth.

Borescope examination and microbial culture results of endoscopes in a tertiary care hospital led to changes in storage protocols to improve patient safety.

Background: Flexible endoscopes are highly versatile and useful medical instruments, and their proper reprocessing is critical to patient health and safety. The value of routine visual inspections and surveillance of endoscopes in a tertiary care hospital was assessed by performing borescope examinations and microbial sampling on respiratory, gastro-intestinal (GI), and urological endoscopes.

Methods: A total of 42 endoscopes were cultured, and 36 endoscopes were examined with a borescope.

Sociodemographic and Incident Variables as Predictors of Victim Injury From Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From Police Reports.

Predictors of victim injury from intimate partner violence (IPV) were investigated using 1,292 police reports collected in South Carolina in 2009/2010. All cases were opposite sex adults. Results from bivariate statistics showed that IPV cases with ( n = 649) and without visible injuries ( n = 643) differed on victim gender, victim race, type of relationship, and perpetrator's alcohol use.