Characteristics of International Assaultive Psychiatric Patients: Review of Published Findings, 2013-2017.

Since the 1960s, empirical research has worked toward a better understanding of the characteristics of assaultive psychiatric patients. International research through 2012 indicated that male and female patients with schizophrenia and other diagnoses presented the greatest risk for assault. This present review of studies that presented raw assault sought to assess the latest research findings on assaultive patients for the most recent 5 year period, 2013-2017.

Characteristics of International Staff Victims of Psychiatric Patient Assaults: Review of Published Findings, 2013-2017.

Psychiatric patient assaults on staff are a worldwide occupational hazard for health care staff that results in human suffering and dollar cost expense. International research through 2012 documented the frequency of these assaults and a continuing high risk for nursing personnel. This present paper reviewed the international published literature on staff victims of patient assaults during the next five year period of 2013-2017.

Income and Subjective Well-Being: New Insights from Relatively Healthy American Women, Ages 49-79.

The interests of economists, psychologists, social scientists and others on the relations of income, demographics, religion and subjective well-being, have generated a vast global literature. It is apparent that biomedical research has focused on white with men. The Women's Health Initiative and Observational Study (WHI OS) was initiated in 1992.

Characteristics of international staff victims of psychiatric patient assaults: review of published findings, 2000-2012.

Psychiatric patient assaults on staff are a worldwide occupational hazard that results in human suffering and dollar cost expense. International research in the 1990s documented the frequent occurrence of these assaults. This present paper reviewed the published, international literature on staff victim assaults during the first decade of the new century.

Height, socioeconomic and subjective well-being factors among U.S. women, ages 49-79.

Background: A vast literature has associated height with numerous factors, including biological, psychological, socioeconomic, anthropologic, genetic, environmental, and ecologic, among others. The aim of this study is to examine, among U.S.

Characteristics of American assaultive psychiatric patients: review of published findings, 2000-2012.

Previous reviews of the literature from 1976 to 2000 documented two categories of assaultive psychiatric patients: (1) male patients with schizophrenic illness and histories of violence toward others and substance use disorder and (2) male/female patients with personality disorders and histories of violence toward others, personal victimization, and substance use. The present study reviewed the published findings on American assaultive patients from 2000 to 2012. The present findings partially supported the earlier findings in that patients with schizophrenic illness continued to present the greatest risk for assault.

Characteristics of international assaultive psychiatric patients: review of published findings, 2000-2012.

In international reviews of psychiatric inpatient violence, one study of all types of patient violence found hostility, involuntary admission, and longer hospital stays associated with violence. A second study of comparison-group papers of patient assaults found younger males with schizophrenia, past violence, and substance abuse assaultive. The present review of raw assault data studies assessed characteristics of assaultive patients worldwide.

Predictors of custody and visitation decisions by a family court clinic.

Children's psychological adjustment following parental separation or divorce is a function of the characteristics of the custodial parent, as well as the degree of postdivorce parental cooperation. Over time, custody has shifted from fathers to mothers and currently to joint arrangements. In this retrospective chart review of family court clinic records we examined predictors of custody and visitation.

Health disparities paradoxes: depression and chronic back pain in college alumnae and U.S. women, 39-49.

Aims: In the US, higher SES (socio-economic status) groups and white Americans tend to be "healthier" than less advantaged groups. Elimination of disparities is a major public health goal. This study examines disparities for two highly prevalent medical conditions--depression and chronic back pain--and selected medical conditions and behavioral practices.

Changing trends in inpatient care for psychiatrically hospitalized youth: 1991-2008.

Research has focused on changes in the psychiatric treatment of youth in outpatient settings, but less is known about trends in inpatient care. This study documents changes in the lengths of stay (LOS), clinical profiles of youth, and medication use within an inpatient setting in Massachusetts between 1991 and 2008. A chart review of 233 medical records of psychiatrically hospitalized youth was conducted at three points in time (1991, 1998, and 2008).

Intrapartum temperature elevation, epidural use, and adverse outcome in term infants.

Objectives: To examine the association of intrapartum temperature elevation with adverse neonatal outcome among low-risk women receiving epidural analgesia and evaluate the association of epidural with adverse neonatal outcome without temperature elevation.

Methods: We studied all low-risk nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies ≥37 weeks delivering at our hospital during 2000, excluding pregnancies where infants had documented sepsis, meningitis, or a major congenital anomaly. Neonatal outcomes were compared between women receiving (n = 1538) and not receiving epidural analgesia (n = 363) in the absence of intrapartum temperature elevation (≤99.

Depression and percent body fat in American women, ages 39-49.

I investigated the association between depression and percent body fat, two major global problems. Participants are 1,704 American women, ages 39-49, who responded to a detailed self-administered mailed questionnaire. My results showed a positive correlation; the adjusted OR = 1.

Risk factors of alcohol problem drinking among female bar/hotel workers in Moshi, Tanzania: a multi-level analysis.

There is limited information on alcohol problem drinking, which has been associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, among female bar/hotel workers in Africa. This paper aimed to identify the individual- and facility-level determinants of alcohol problem drinking in this setting. Problem drinking was defined based on the CAGE alcohol screening scale.

The utilization of home care by the elderly in Brazil's primary health care system.

Objectives: We assessed the utilization of home care by the elderly in Brazil after implementation of the Family Health Strategy (FHS).

Methods: Data were derived from a cross-sectional study in a southern city in Brazil. Using the χ(2) test and a logistic regression with different levels of determination, we tested the hypothesis that the FHS increased the utilization of home care compared with utilization under the Traditional Primary Health Care (TPHC) system.

Percent body fat, fractures and risk of osteoporosis in women.

Objectives: Globally, in an aging population, osteoporosis and fractures are emerging as major public health problems; accessible and affordable recognition, prevention and treatment strategies are needed. Percent body fat is known to be associated with bone mineral density and fractures. This paper uses an innovative, virtually cost-free method to estimate percent body fat from age, height and weight, and assesses its validity by examining the association between percent body fat and fractures among women 39 and older.

Quality of life, psychosocial health, and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive women in Zimbabwe.

Little is known about the psychosocial impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe to assess the impact of ART on HIV-positive women's health-related quality of life, using the Medical Outcomes Study-HIV Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire. Additionally, we assessed socio-demographics, reproductive and sexual health, HIV-related history, disclosure, social stigma, self-esteem, and depression.

Yoga ameliorates performance anxiety and mood disturbance in young professional musicians.

Yoga and meditation can alleviate stress, anxiety, mood disturbance, and musculoskeletal problems, and can enhance cognitive and physical performance. Professional musicians experience high levels of stress, performance anxiety, and debilitating performance-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs). The goal of this controlled study was to evaluate the benefits of yoga and meditation for musicians.

Weight change, obesity, mental health, and health perception: self-reports of college-educated women.

Background: Overweight, weight cycling, and obesity are major health risks with psychological effects that should not be overlooked by mental health professionals.

Method: This article examines behavioral and other factors associated with weight, weight changes, and obesity in 3940 college-educated women, using data from responses to self-administered mailed questionnaires received from fall 1996 to winter 1997.

Results: The mean age of the women was 53.

Underweight, smoking, exercise and mortality in women.

Objectives: Conflicting findings on the relation between body mass index and/or obesity and mortality have been recently reported. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between being underweight (BMI < 19), as well as behavioral practices and medical conditions, and mortality in women.

Methods: Statistical analyses, on data from 5398 college-educated women who participated by responding to a self-administered mailed questionnaire that included questions about medical history, weight and behavioral practices, were carried out to estimate risk ratios for the association of low BMI as well as other factors and mortality.

The confluence of violence towards an intimate partner, substance misuse and mental health: a worldwide problem affecting women.

Violence towards an intimate partner, substance misuse and other mental health disorders are problems that tend to cluster together and result in multiple burdens for afflicted individuals (Desjarlais , 1995; Wyshak & Modest, 1996; Wyshak, 2000). They are prevalent not only in high-risk groups but also among members of the general public seeking primary healthcare (Bauer , 2000; World Health Organization, 2001), where their afflictions often go undiagnosed and untreated (Edlund , 2004; Kramer , 2004). Furthermore, violence towards an intimate partner, substance misuse and other mental health disorders involve common symptom pathways, such as psychiatric distress, headache, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal problems and multiple somatic complaints (Berwick , 1991), which suggests that the use of an integrated set of screening instruments may lead to early detection and treatment for patients who are suffering from one or more of these problems.

Prevalence of primary infertility in China: in-depth analysis of infertility differentials in three minority province/autonomous regions.

Following the 1994 UN International Conference on Population and Development, there was a shift in emphasis on women's reproductive health and there emerged a need for more knowledge about levels and differentials of infertility. Using the data from the 1988 National Two-Per-Thousand Sample Survey on Fertility and Contraception, this paper estimated the prevalence of primary infertility in China. To determine the predictors of primary infertility, multiple logistic regression analyses were done on three minority province/autonomous regions where primary infertility was the highest.

Tubal ligation and the risk of vertebral fractures.

Osteoporosis is a major public problem. More than 35 million Americans are at risk of developing osteoporosis. Nearly half of all women will have an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.

Menopausal symptoms and psychological distress in women with and without tubal sterilization.

Data from self-administered mailed questionnaires were used to examine the relationship between menopausal and psychological/psychiatric factors in women age 45-50 years with and without tubal sterilization. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, tubal sterilization was associated with current flushing (odds ratio = 8.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.

Factors affecting adoption in China, 1950-87.

Though adoption in China is known to have increased as more girls were abandoned and became available for adoption following the introduction of the country's one-child policy in the 1980s, little is known about Chinese adoption practices. This paper investigates the factors affecting adoption in China in the period 1950-87 using data from the National Two-Per-Thousand Sample Survey on Fertility and Contraception of 1988. The results show that the national adoption rate was 2.

Physical well-being and school enrollment: a comparison of adopted and biological children in one-child families in China.

Adoption has increased in China since 1980 when the government started the one-child policy. There were approximately six million adopted children living in China in 1988. The objective of this study was to compare adopted and biological children in one-child families across a number of measures of physical well-being and school enrollment.