22 Oct Betrayal Trauma: How Infidelity Can Trigger PTSD-Like Symptoms
Mental Health Notice: This post is for general information and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. If distressing symptoms last more than a few weeks or interfere with daily life, talk with a licensed mental health professional or your doctor. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or text HOME to 741741. If you feel unsafe in your relationship, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. In an emergency, call 911. Providers named in this post are not warranted or endorsed by MedicalResearch.com or Eminent Domains Inc.
Have you ever felt your whole world flip upside down in a single moment? That's how discovering an affair feels to many people. One text. One hotel bill. One drunken confession. And suddenly all you thought you knew about your partner disappears.
Here's what most people don't realize: heartbreak doesn't just affect your heart. It can also affect you physically and mentally in ways that mirror post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dr. Goyal[/caption]
Dr. Monika K. Goyal, MD
Associate Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: There has been growing attention to the disproportionate use of police force in communities of color. Therefore, we sought to investigate whether Black and Hispanic teenagers have higher rates of death due to police shootings when compared to white youth.
Dr. Essig[/caption]
Dr. Garth Essig, MD
Otolaryngologist
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Dog bites are a significant yet modifiable public health concern, but the true magnitude is difficult to estimate with such wide ranges in reporting, severity of injury and varieties of breeds that bite. We reviewed bites from reports in the literature and from two regionally distinct medical centers.
We concluded that bite frequency and severity could be attributed to certain breeds in this sample, if the breed is known. Our study also acknowledged the significant risk of biting with the mixed breed population, which creates a dilemma with identification.
Dr. Hannah Carliner[/caption]
Hannah Carliner, ScD MPH
Post Doctoral Fellow in Substance Abuse Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Carliner: We know from previous research that traumatic experiences in childhood can have far-reaching effects on the mental and physical health of adults, including increasing the risk for substance use disorders. There is a particularly strong body of evidence about this concerning exposure to child abuse and various other forms of family dysfunction and violence.
However, no previous studies have examined a wider range of traumatic childhood experiences and their link to experimentation with different kinds of drugs in adolescence. While some studies have interviewed adults about initiation of drug use at this age, those results are not as reliable as interviewing teens directly.
Using a nationally-representative sample of almost 10,000 non-institutionalized U.S. adolescents, we therefore determined that childhood trauma was associated with lifetime drug use in teens-- not only with clinically-significant disordered drug use, but even with just trying drugs one time.
Dr. Rachael Callcut[/caption]
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr. Rachael Callcut M.D., M.S.P.H
