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Mic Check? Mic Check! Amplifying Our Voices [PDF]

, 2020
Content Warning: discrimination, suicidal ideation, violence When I write about mental illness, I use the terms: disability, identity, and relationship. However, no word captures what mental illness means to me.
Bocado, Kirsty Nicole
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A Tale of Two Diseases: Mental Illness and HIV/AIDS [PDF]

, 2015
There have been dramatic advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Whereas HIV was once a dire diagnosis, today it is treatable, and individuals who receive early and consistent treatment can expect to live a normal lifespan.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
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Geospatial estimates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt prevalence in the U.S. veteran population (2022)

Injury Epidemiology
Background Veteran suicide remains a major public health concern; rates increased 64.3% from 2001 to 2022 and substantial geospatial variation exists, with state-level rates ranging from 15.4/100,000 (Maryland) to 87.1/100,000 (Montana).
Julie A. Kittel, Lindsey L. Monteith, Ryan Holliday, Theresa T. Morano, Alexandra L. Schneider, Lisa A. Brenner, Claire A. Hoffmire   +6 more
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Housing repossessions, evictions and common mental illness in the UK: results from a household panel study [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The numbers of housing repossessions and evictions in the UK are increasing. This study investigates whether repossessions and evictions increase the likelihood of common mental illness and examine patterns over time.
Pevalin, DJ
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Rural-urban differences in post-9/11 women veterans’ firearm ownership and characteristics

Injury Epidemiology
Background Access to firearms is associated with elevated risk for suicide; however, knowledge of firearm ownership and characteristics among rural residing women Veterans remains limited.
Ashley M. Griffith, Christin Miller, Nicole M. Caulfield, Jeri E. Forster, Ryan Holliday, Claire A. Hoffmire, Joseph A. Simonetti, Talia L. Spark, Alexandra L. Schneider, Lindsey L. Monteith   +9 more
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Long‐term hippocampal alterations and cognitive impairment in a murine model of surgical sepsis

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Using a mouse model of surgical sepsis, we tested long‐term memory and analyzed the transcriptome of single cells isolated from the hippocampus. Survivor mice showed worse memory, loss of certain brain cell subpopulations, and abnormal immune cell activity—suggesting that post‐sepsis brain alterations may be linked to cognitive deficits.
Dong Seong Cho, Rebecca Schmitt, Aneesha Dasgupta, Alexandra Ducharme, Jason Doles   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“You wished the ground would open and swallow you up”: Expert opinions on shame, the collective, and other cultural considerations for suicide prevention among Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans

Injury Epidemiology
Background Rates of suicide remain elevated among U.S. Veterans and have increased disproportionately among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Veterans.
Evan R. Polzer, Carly M. Rohs, Christe’An D. Iglesias, Joseph Mignogna, Lauren S. Krishnamurti, Ryan Holliday, Lindsey L. Monteith   +6 more
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Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

, 2012
<p><b>Background:</b> Stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness are strongly linked to suffering, disability and poverty.
Chabunya, S., Crabb, J., Kokota, D., Krishnadas, R., Masson, N., Stewart, R.C.   +5 more
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