The psychological impact of mass shootings on emergency physician mental health.

On October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the largest mass shooting in US history was committed by a shooter high above the Route 91 Harvest Festival. In light of this tragedy and the increasing incidence and prevalence of mass shootings in America, it is important to examine how exposure to traumatic events (specifically mass shootings) affects the mental health of hospital physicians through the treatment of victims. This study sought to examine how witnessing mass shootings through the treatment of shooting victims psychologically affects physicians.

Speaking Through Silence: The Lonelification at the Core of Domestic Abuse.

This article is based on narratives from 20 women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse (DVA). Based on in-depth interviews, we explored their lived experiences of the mechanisms and meanings of loneliness in the context of DVA. The women experienced social and existential loneliness, not as passive consequences of victimization, but through active isolating and tactics inflicted on them by the abusers, as well as through responses from personal and professional networks and institutions.

The relationship between nursing students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence and their creative personality traits.

Aim: The relationship between nursing students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence and their creative personality traits was examined in this study.

Design: This study, conducted with 492 nursing students enrolled at a university in Turkey, was designed using a descriptive and relational methodology. The data were gathered through the "Personal Information Form," the "General Attitude Scale toward Artificial Intelligence," and the "Creative Personality Traits Scale.

Ethical boundaries and data-sharing practices in AI-enhanced nursing: An Arab perspective.

Aim: This study explored the ethical boundaries and data-sharing practices in artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced nursing from the perspective of Arab nurses.

Background: Although AI offers advancements in clinical decision-making and operational efficiency, it also presents challenges such as ethical dilemmas, data privacy concerns, and technical issues. These challenges are being addressed through continuous education, the development of robust ethical guidelines, and the implementation of transparent data-sharing practices METHODS: A qualitative approach was employed, adhering to the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) guidelines.

Plants have two minds as we do.

This discussion paper carefully analyzes the cognition-related theories proposed for behavioral economics, to expand the concepts from human behaviors to those of plants. Behavioral economists analyze the roles of the intuitive sense and the rational thoughts affecting the human behavior, by employing the psychology-based models such as Two Minds theory (TMT) highlighting intuitive rapid thoughts (System 1) and rational slower thoughts (System 2) and Prospect theory (PT) with probability ()-weighting functions explaining the human tendencies to overrate the low events and to underrate the high events. There are similarities between non-consciously processed System 1 (of TMT) and overweighing of low- events (as in PT) and also, between the consciously processed System 2 (of TMT) and underrating of high- events (as in PT).

Fetal exposure to gestational diabetes severity and postnatal infant feeding in the first year of life associated with preadolescent obesity: a prospective cohort.

Objective: This study sought to evaluate the distinct impact of fetal exposure to gestational diabetes (GDM) severity, as well as the impact of infant breastfeeding (BF) and sugary beverage intake, on preadolescent overweight and obesity, accounting for other established risk factors.

Methods: This analysis included 850 mother-infant dyads exposed to GDM who reported monthly infant BF duration and intensity, as well as sugary beverage intake (sugar-sweetened beverages [SSB] and 100% fruit juice [FJ]) during the first year of life, BMI measured at ages 6 to 11 years, and GDM severity variables (i.e.

Improving Cognitive and Psychological Functioning in Older Latinos with HIV: Results from a Pilot Health Promotion Intervention.

Background/objectives: Older Latino persons with HIV (OLPWH) experience early-onset cognitive decline due to specific factors associated with accelerated aging as well as more established risk factors like depression, anxiety, and sedentary behavior. Yet, few behavioral interventions to improve OLPWH's psychological and cognitive health have been assessed. Thus, this pilot study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary intervention effects of the Happy Older Latinos are Active (HOLA) physical activity health promotion intervention on cognition and mental health among this underserved population.

Identifying family environment profiles in families of children with prenatal alcohol exposure.

Background: Individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) may face unique family environments that potentially influence adaptive functioning and behavioral challenges. This study aimed to identify profiles of families of children with PAE based on family characteristics, including cohesion, conflict, and organization, and to examine the relationship between family environment profiles and child outcomes.

Methods: Data were collected from caregivers of 283 youth (5-17 years) with histories of PAE.

Self-Regulation of Eating Behaviors Among Young Women Nurses and Nursing Students: Its Relationship With Eating Habits.

The primary aim of this study is to adapt the Self-Regulation of Eating Behavior Questionnaire (SREBQ) to the Turkish culture among young women nurses and nursing students. The secondary aim is to investigate the factors associated with self-regulation of eating behavior in this population. The sample consisted of 773 young women nurses and nursing students who were included in the study between June and July 2024.

Altered thyroid function and neurometabolic features provide clues to understand the comorbidity of bipolar II depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Bipolar disorder (BD) is highly comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), leading to poor treatment outcome and prognosis. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying BD comorbid with OCD remain poorly understood. To address it, we recruited 69 untreated patients with bipolar II depression, including 35 comorbid with OCD (BD-II-Depression-OCD) and 34 without OCD (BD-II-Depression-nonOCD), and 38 healthy controls (HC).

Attentional biases for dynamic stimuli in emerging adults with anxiety: A preliminary eye-tracking study.

While attentional biases towards negative stimuli have previously been linked to the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders, a current limitation of this research involves the use of static images for stimuli, as they cannot adequately depict the dynamic nature of real-life interactions. Since attentional biases in those with elevated anxiety remain understudied using more naturalistic stimuli, such as dynamic social videos, the purpose of this explorative study was to use novel dynamic stimuli and modern eye-tracking equipment to further investigate negative attentional biases in anxious emerging, female adults. Non-clinical participants (N = 62; mean age = 20.

Is more better? Comparing 600, 1200 and 1800 pulses/session (p/s) of intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) for the treatment of depression.

Introduction: Repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive therapy for treatment-resistant disorders. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) has emerged as a favorite treatment protocol for the treatment of therapy resistant depression, with the tendency to administer an increasing number of pulses/session (p/s).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 215 in- and out-patients, suffering from unipolar or bipolar depressive disorder in a German tertiary care hospital between January 2021 and September 2024.

The association between teachers' positive instructional emotions and job performance: Work engagement as a mediator.

This study investigated the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between teachers' positive instructional emotions and job performance in the Turkish educational system. Using a cross-sectional design, a sample of 413 preschool to high school teachers completed an online survey measuring their instructional emotions, engagement, and job performance. The results suggested that teachers' positive instructional emotions significantly predicted both their job performance (β = 0.

The impact of an action commercial video game on adult non-gamers psychological well-being, cognitive functioning, and sleep.

Introduction: The ever-growing diffusion of video games (VG) prompts to investigate their effects on health. While different studies exist on the topic, their results are difficult to interpret, probably because modulating factors have been mostly neglected. Here, we explore VG type and gamers' experience levels by assessing the impact of a violent VG on sleep, cognitive functioning, and psychological well-being in a sample of non-gamers.

Effects of Intermale Status Challenge and Psychopathic Traits on Sexual Aggression.

In the past five decades, a wealth of research has improved our understanding of the individual and sociocultural factors that contribute to sexual aggression perpetration. At the same time, epistemological differences in theoretical approaches to the subject (i.e.

Association of neighbourhood and individual-level socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood and adulthood with cognitive function in mid-adulthood: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

Socioeconomic disadvantage at individual level is associated with poor cognitive outcomes but the link of neighbourhood disadvantage with cognitive function is unclear. We used data from Young Finns Study, a population-based cohort, to examine the associations of neighbourhood and individual-level disadvantage in childhood (age 3-21 years) and adulthood (age 22 up to the time of cognitive assessment) with cognitive function in mid-adulthood (age 35-49 years). Neighbourhood disadvantage was ascertained based on register data, including geo-coded address history.

Mayo Normative Studies: regression-based normative data for remote self-administration of the Stricker Learning Span, Symbols Test, and Mayo Test Drive Screening Battery Composite and validation in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Few normative data for unsupervised, remotely-administered computerized cognitive measures are available. We examined variables to include in normative models for Mayo Test Drive (MTD, a multi-device remote cognitive assessment platform) measures, developed normative data, and validated the norms. 1240 Cognitively Unimpaired (CU) adults ages 32-100 years (96% White) from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging and Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center with Clinical Dementia Rating of 0 were included.

Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial of an integrated psychosexual intervention for sexual difficulties in people with Multiple Sclerosis: the PIMS trial.

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a long-term condition that significantly diminishes quality of life (QoL). Sexual difficulties (SDs) are common, but often overlooked symptom, affecting 50-80% of people with MS (PwMS). The emergence of SDs in MS results from the intricate interplay of disease processes, treatments, and psychosocial factors, contributing to a further decline in QoL and adverse effects on body image, relationships, and psychological well-being.

The association between quality of life and psychological flexibility, depressive, anxiety or insomnia symptoms in patients with persistent indoor environment-related symptoms or chronic fatigue.

Background: Persistent physical symptoms (PPS) can significantly impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and are often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidity. Psychological flexibility (PF), characterized by the ability to adapt functionally and congruently to diverse situations based on personal values, may play a crucial role in determining HRQoL. This study aims to examine the associations between symptoms of depression, anxiety or insomnia or PF and HRQoL among individuals with PPS associated with (i) the indoor environment (IE), (ii) chronic fatigue, or (iii) both.

Assessment of leadership and professional behavior of educational managers in the complex and post-crisis era: perspectives of educators.

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate educational managers from the viewpoints of stakeholders (educators and faculty officials) during two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and two years of the post-COVID era. This was a longitudinal study conducted from 2018 to 2023 in two phases: the first phase consisted of compiling and psychometric assessment of the tools for evaluation of educational managers in the two domains of leadership and professional behavior, and the second phase included evaluation of leadership behavior and professional behavior of university educational managers during four years. Descriptive indices were used to summarize the data.

What is more likely in orthorexia nervosa: perfectionism or OC symptoms? A bayesian method in clinical and non-clinical samples.

Purpose: Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) exhibits specific features that may overlap with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Perfectionism Striving (PS), and Perfectionism Concern (PC). While previous literature has shown predictiveness in different characteristics of ON, this study aimed to determine if PS, PC and OCD symptoms could predict ON dimensions in at-risk populations using Bayesian models.

Method: The study enrolled 622 individuals from three different at-risk populations: people who were following treatment for an Eating Disorder (Patients), people who were following a diet (Dieters) and University students with a degree in medicine or nursing (Students).

Prevalence and determinants of depression and its association with social support among cancer patients: implications for enhancing oncology care.

Background: Early detection of depression in cancer patients is essential for improving health outcomes. This study assessed the prevalence and determinants of depression among cancer patients and examined its association with social support.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al Amal Cancer Center, Al-Thawra Hospital, Hodeida City, Yemen (January-March 2023).

Beyond the itch: the complex interplay of immune, neurological, and psychological factors in chronic urticaria.

Chronic urticaria (CU) arises from a multifaceted interplay of immunological, neurological, and psychological components. Immune dysregulation, mediated through both immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent and IgE-independent pathways, plays a pivotal role in CU pathogenesis, involving key effector cells such as mast cells (MCs), basophils, and eosinophils. This dysregulation culminates in the release of histamine, prostaglandins, and other mediators, which precipitate pruritus.