The number of firearm suicides in 2021, according to a recent article in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Notes from the Field: Increases in Firearm Homicide and Suicide Rates — United States, 2020–2021.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Cannabis dosing and administration for sleep: a systematic review.
● The natural history of insomnia: high sleep reactivity interacts with greater life stress to predict the onset of acute insomnia.
● Diversity, equity, and inclusion correlates of racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination in the U.S. military.
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing about “NOvember” campaigns such as “putting the ‘no’ in ‘November’” and “The NOvember Challenge.” There are a few different versions of the campaign, but essentially it is a call to say “no” to unhealthy/unenjoyable/non-enriching requests and habits. Although this call to action has been around for years, it’s suddenly become relevant to me
The percentage increase in "drug overdose mortality rates" for U.S. military veterans from 2010-2019, according to an article published online earlier this year by the journal Annals of Medicine -- U.S. Military veterans and the opioid overdose crisis: a review of risk factors and prevention efforts.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Virtual reality in the diagnostic and therapy for mental disorders: A systematic review.
● Do people use methods or tricks to fall asleep? A comparison between people with and without chronic insomnia.
● A systematic review of dreams and nightmares recall in patients with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder.