Early intervention is critical to prevent progression of CB-PTSD, a disorder that may carry serious health consequences for as many as 8M women a year worldwide.
Elyse R. Park, PhD, MPH an investigator in the Department of Psychiatry and Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Director of the Health Promotion Resiliency Intervention Research (HPRIR) Center, is the lead author of a recently published study in the Journal of Oncology Practice, Health Insurance Navigation Tools Intervention: A Pilot Trial Within the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Karen Kuhlthau, PhD, chief and director of General Academic Pediatrics at Mass General for Children, is senior author.
A survey study found recovery community centers are welcoming environments for people who take medication for opioid use disorder.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital evaluated the results of 41 clinical trials that assessed interventions to prevent postpartum PSTD.
Researchers studied how feelings of shame affected different parts of the HCV treatment process, like starting treatment, sticking to it, finishing it, and reaching a sustained virologic response (SVR).
Although childbirth is a happy event, a significant portion of American women have complicated and even traumatic deliveries, which can result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a different condition than postpartum depression.
Researchers found a brief self-report screening tool that collects information about a woman's emotional reactions to childbirth can detect those likely to experience childbirth-related PTSD.
Katherine Koh, MD, MSC, a physician investigator in the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital is the first author of a recent study published in Psychiatric Services, Benzodiazepine Prescriptions for Homeless Veterans Affairs Service Users with Mental Illness.
Results from a new neuroimaging study could be used to enhance wellbeing and inform interventions for mental health conditions.
What are the benefits of this more widespread adaption of telehealth services for psychiatry, and what barriers still need to be addressed?
