Articles

Elsevier,

The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 8, Issue 10, October 2021, Pages 892-900.

An Article on suicide and self-harm, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentations of self-poisoning in Sri Lanka.

The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2021, Pages 673-685.

An Article on substance use, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on the difference in substance use between autistic and non-autistic people.
Elsevier,

Building and Environment,
Volume 223,
2022,
109500

Selection of appropriate material type and colour-tone, together with the provision of shade can remove the hazard risk for contact skin burns from outdoor playgrounds. Results of this work will assist playground designers and managers to provide safer places for our children to play longer in increasingly warmer summers.
Elsevier, Preventive Medicine, Volume 161, August 2022
Experience of domestic violence has been suggested as a risk factor for diabetes. Longitudinal data from 5782 Australian women over 20 years were analysed. Childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner violence predicted subsequent diabetes. The association was only partly attenuated when obesity was taken into account. Awareness of a history of abuse may help in the management of obesity and diabetes in women.
Elsevier,

Poetics, Volume 93, August 2022

An examination of climate change as a sociological event.
Elsevier,

Current Opinion in Psychology,
Volume 48,
2022,
101460

This article ties to SDG 3, by offering a framework to better understand the health disparities and appropriate interventions for refugee children
Elsevier,

Preventive Medicine, Volume 161, August 2022

Examines multiple forms of adolescent violence perpetration across gender, racial/ethnic, and sexual identities. Boys reported greater rates of perpetration than girls, except for teen dating violence. Perpetration rates did not differ for intersection of gender by race/ethnicity. Perpetration rates varied across racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority students compared to non-minority students.
Elsevier,

Neurobiology of Stress, Volume 18, May 2022, article 100447

The research demonstrates clear links between stress at distinct phases of the lifespan, changes in measures of brain microstructure, impairments in cognitive abilities and negative mental health outcomes.
Elsevier,

Neurobiology of Stress,  Volume 15, November 2021, article 100393

The review provides an overview of the findings of genome-wide association studies for PTSD, depression and ANX - a clear genetic overlap is observed between these three diagnostic categories.

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