Do you ever find that someone-perhaps an author, actor, or pop icon-comes along and makes you a better therapist? Perhaps the day after reading their work or seeing them on TV, you find yourself just a little more conversationally brave, open, structured, or spontaneous? As our family eye-dabblingly makes our way through the most recent season of Netflix's Queer Eye, lately for me that person has been Karamo Brown. Brown is a therapist and life coach who gracefully repeats phrases of individuals whom the "Fab Five" are trying to help. He affirms ("You deserve the best") and challenges ("I'm going to push back on that"), holding people accountable to their strengths and to the ways that their defenses have become a barrier to fulfilling their desires. Similarly, this month, the Book Forum features 2 books that a pair of academic child and adolescent psychiatrists wrote to me about, feeling that these books make them better therapists.
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Fertil Steril
January 2025
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Objective: To expand knowledge on physical outcomes and psychosocial experiences of oocyte donors after donation across 3 age cohorts.
Design: Cross-sectional mixed-methods survey.
Patients: A total of 363 participants (ages: 22-71 years, M = 38.
Microorganisms
December 2024
Applied Biotechnology Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 411, Sur 411, Oman.
Determining the microbial quality and safety of meat is crucial because of its high potential to harbor pathogens. To address the critical knowledge gap and shed light on potential contamination risk in the meat supply chain, this study aimed to assess the underexplored microbial quality and safety of marketed beef meat in Oman. Thirty-three beef meat samples from six hypermarkets were analyzed for Aerobic Plate Count (APC), Psychrotrophic Bacteria Count (PBC), and coliform and counts.
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October 2024
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Introduction Early identification of at-risk alcohol use is key to preventing complications of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) providers are in a unique position to screen for alcohol use in young female patients who may not otherwise seek traditional primary care. The purpose of this study was to learn how OB/GYN providers screen for and manage harmful alcohol use in their clinical care.
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November 2024
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
Aims: Excessive alcohol use is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. Since increased amyloid plaque burden exacerbates cognitive decline, we sought to assess the potential impact of alcohol use disorder (AUD) on cognition, memory, and amyloid burden corresponding with age.
Methods: We conducted the retrospective analysis with 6036 subjects, including 269 AUD+ subjects.
Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser
November 2024
Parkview Family Health Care Centre, Kundara, India.
"Hidden Hunger" refers to micronutrient deficiencies that are not necessarily reflected in anthropometric measurements and thus remain hidden. It affects 2 billion people globally, and occurs among infants and young children on a "healthy diet," as perceived by family members. Hidden hunger is recognizable with a high index of suspicion and hence the term "micronutrient hunger" has been proposed.
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