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Half of the cases of child abuse and child neglect the state Attorney General's office handles involve opioids, a new survey reveals.
"The amount of opioids prescribed in our state is massive; there are enough opioids prescribed in our state for every man, woman, and child to have a 16-day supply. That's insane," said Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
The AG said he isn't surprised by the survey results, but insists it speaks the extent of the opioid epidemic.
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We are pleased to announce IAFN’s collaboration with Springer Publishing Company to author IAFN Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Certification: A Guide to the SANE-A® and SANE-P® Exams. This book will prepare nurses to sit for either or both of the SANE board certification exams and will include at least 300 test questions. We are currently looking for SANE-certified contributing writers. Learn more about eligibility requirements. Applications are due Nov. 1, 2018.
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How has your forensic nursing or SANE program helped your hospital achieve ANCC Magnet® Status? Tell us your story via email. Is your organization attending the ANCC Magnet® Conference? Stop by the Exhibit Hall and visit IAFN in booth 1333.
Join IAFN for a five-part, members-only webinar series on the Medical-Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers. The series begins on Nov. 15, with a session on the Legal Framework for Immigrant Victims & Introduction to the Istanbul Protocol.
The Atlantic
Olga Khazan writes, "Often when I complain to my therapist about how stressed out I am by a problem I’m having, she says a variation on the same thing:
'Well, like all Ashkenazi Jews, you have a lot of intergenerational trauma. You know, because of everything that’s...happened.'
Of course you’re anxious, she seems to say; you’re Jewish! I think it’s meant to help me feel more at peace with my emotions, but I must admit I find this response deeply unsatisfying. But a growing body of evidence suggests my therapist might be right and I’m wrong."
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Just Science
In the third episode of our medicolegal death investigation special release season, Just Science interviews Bobbi Jo O’Neal, the Chief Deputy Coroner of Charleston, South Carolina, who discusses the unique skills that forensic nurses can provide as coroners. Listen along as we discuss how Charleston County has learned to deal with mass fatality scenes and infant deaths by creating multidisciplinary teams, developing consistent interviewing methods, and other helpful techniques that the community can easily adapt.
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NPR
The government of Nauru, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific, and the charity Doctors Without Borders are in a bitter dispute over mental health care for asylum seekers and refugees.
The controversy revolves around approximately 900 individuals sent to Nauru by the Australian government since 2013. They arrived in Australia by boat, coming from such countries as Iran, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Syria; the government sent them to Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Most of them have been there four years.
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U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services
A joint U.S. Department of Justice/Department of Health and Human Services working group used insights shared during listening sessions to inform a report delivered to Congress last week on the care and treatment of sexual assault survivors and evidence preservation. Medical forensic care is one of the six themes addressed in the report.
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CNN
Youth around the world are less violent where corporal punishment is banned, according to an analysis of data from 88 countries, territories and protectorate states published in the health journal BMJ.
"Societies that have these bans in place appear to be safer places for kids to grow up in," said lead study author Frank Elgar, an associate professor in the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University in Montreal.
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George Washington University via Medical Xpress
A replication of the 1997 "Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media" found nurses continue to be underrepresented as sources in heath news stories despite their increasing levels of education and expertise. A companion study found biases among newsrooms about women, nurses and positions of authority in healthcare can impede a journalist's use of nurses as sources in health news stories, despite unique perspectives that could enrich a story. The research, led by the George Washington University School of Nursing's Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, was published in two parts in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship and the American Journal of Nursing.
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The Frederick News-Post
Pressing charges and using police resources is just one way that domestic violence victims and survivors in Frederick County, Maryland can get help. Another way is through hospitals. “This is a healthcare issue — domestic violence, intimate partner violence — this is a healthcare issue,” said Pam Holtzinger, a forensic nurse and coordinator of forensic nurse services at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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European College of Neuropsychopharmacology via Medical Xpress
Major depressive disorder affects up to 20 percent of Europeans, and around half of these people have "anxious depression," which is associated with greater severity, poorer outcomes, and higher possibility of suicide. Now scientists have concluded that the biochemistry of patients with MDD and anxious depression is different, and that patients with anxious depression need to be treated differently. In addition, patients with anxious depression who have undergone sexual abuse or neglect as a child have a tendency to have a changed biochemistry.
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Queensland University of Technology via Medical Xpress
An Australian first study involving 1,000 men aged 18 to 30 has found those who conform to traditional definitions of manhood — dubbed "the man box" — are twice as likely to consider suicide and seven times more likely to be violent towards others.
"The Man Box: A study on being a young man in Australia" was undertaken by The Men's Project with the support of QUT's Associate Professor Michael Flood.
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Nature
Genetic sleuthing techniques that led to the arrest of a suspect in the infamous Golden State Killer case this year are set to become vastly more powerful, suggest two papers published recently.
The studies conclude that it could soon be possible to search crime-scene DNA for links to nearly all Americans of European descent, while massively expanding the potential reach of an existing forensic genetic database. The results also raise urgent privacy issues, say researchers.
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