At Ease USA, a Nebraska organization dedicated to providing confidential post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care for military families, has launched a clinical trial of a promising new therapeutic intervention at Creighton University. The Creighton University study is the first trial in the United States, and one of only two trials in the world, testing the [...]
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Clinical Trial on Promising PTSD Treatment Technology
May 2nd, 2012 
John Buck
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant 
Tags: ABMT, At Ease USA, Creighton University, PTSD 
No Comments »Psych Patients Wait on Average 11 Hours in the ER
May 2nd, 2012 John BuckPatients having psychiatric emergencies wait 11.5 hours in the emergency department, and those who are older, uninsured or intoxicated wait even longer, according to a study published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine (“Patient and Practice-Related Determinants of Emergency Department Length of Stay for Patients with Psychiatric Illness”). Overall, these patients wait approximately 42% longer in [...]
May is Mental Health Month
May 1st, 2012 John BuckMental Health America continues its tradition of celebrating “May is Mental Health Month,” which began in 1949 to raise awareness of mental health conditions and mental wellness for all. This year, MHA is addressing these important issues through two themes: Do More for 1 in 4 is a call to action to help the 1 [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Professions, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Do More for 1 in 4, Healing Trauma's Invisible Wounds, Mental Health America No Comments »Obese Drivers Are Far Less Likely to Buckle Up
April 27th, 2012 John BuckObese drivers are far less likely to wear seatbelts than are drivers of normal weight, a new University at Buffalo study has found, a behavior that puts them at greater risk of severe injury or death during motor vehicle crashes. The UB study found that normal weight drivers are 67% more likely to wear a [...]
Three in Five Americans Misuse Their Prescription Drugs
April 25th, 2012 John Buck
Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ analysis finds many women and men of all ages, income levels and health plan coverage use pain and other prescription medications contrary to clinician orders, potentially putting their health at risk. Results of a national study of nearly 76,000 laboratory tests for monitoring prescription drug use indicate that the majority of [...]
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