New research from Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that municipalities with high numbers of opioid-related emergencies that introduced post-overdose programs were associated with lower opioid related death rates over time when compared to those that did not implement these programs. Published in JAMA Psychiatry, the study showed that implementation of […]
According to a new study, Black, Hispanic, and Asian children experienced substantial spikes in firearm assault injuries during the first 21 months of the pandemic, while white children did not experience an increase in firearm assault injuries at all. “We knew there were large overall increases in firearm injury rates, and we hypothesized that the […]
In a recent study, researchers say the experiences of residents of Flint, Michigan, show that environmental disasters like the water crisis can have long-term consequences for mental health. “Importantly, we found that people who experienced the greatest harm from the Flint crisis and those with low confidence in the information provided by authorities about water […]
Certain direct-acting antiviral drugs appeared to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans treated for hepatitis C, according to researcher lead by senior study author Jaimie Gradus. Gradus and her team first conducted an exploratory analysis to look for existing drugs that might improve PTSD using VA electronic health records from 168,941 veterans over […]
Utilizing the medical records of more than 2.2 million adults who visited emergency departments from 2,775 counties across the United States between 2010 and 2019, SPH researchers found that there were about 8 percent more emergency department visits for mental health concerns on the hottest days of summer than there were on the coolest days. […]
A new study coauthored by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher has found that certain transgender and gender-diverse college students—including genderqueer or gender-nonconforming individuals, and transgender men—are at a heightened risk of developing an eating disorder. According to Sarah K. Lipson, the principal investigator of the Healthy Minds Network, “eating disorder risk can be exacerbated […]
Six years ago, Dr. Sandro Galea, an epidemiologist at the Boston University School of Public Health, co-published a review of research on how mass shootings impact mental health. These studies found evidence of trauma even for those who were not in the room or building where a mass shooting happened, though impacts were larger the closer […]
To Dr. Michael Stein, a Boston University professor and chair of the school’s Health Law, Policy, and Management department—and who also works as a primary care doctor to low-income patients—America’s issues with physical and financial health are inextricable. “Perhaps poverty should be approached from a public health perspective, as the moral perspective alone has failed […]
Older adults living in noisy neighborhoods may face higher odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, according to new research lead by Jennifer Weuve, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. Learn more.
Using innovative machine learning methods, Dr. Jaimie Gradus combed through Danish national health care and social registries to analyze the risk of suicide and to look at what happens to people following traumatic events. Using this data, she was able to point to new stresses in the U.S. mental health system that may persist from […]