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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health diagnosis that occurs following a traumat... more Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health diagnosis that occurs following a traumatic event, and military veterans are at higher risk of exposure to hazardous or life-threatening situations that may result in psychological trauma. PTSD sufferers experience symptoms such as distressing memories, nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, and heightened arousal. Individuals with PTSD also experience higher rates of depressive and substance use disorders, involvement with the justice system, and self-harm and suicide. Many agencies, such as the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) provide treatment PTSD, however most programs experience dropout rates as high as 36%. Recent studies have shown that intensive, short-term, evidence-based treatment is both a desired option, and one that exhibits success rates of nearly 92%. What had not yet been documented at the time of this writing was the longterm efficacy of these programs. Through use of online survey distribution and collection and data analysis, the authors were able to preliminarily demonstrate that both treatment modalities demonstrate very similar symptom reduction. This data, coupled with the aforementioned higher completion rate of short-term treatment would indicate that this newer treatment model is the more effective option. The authors also make recommendations to future researchers and describe the potential impact of this research on the social work profession.
Chemico-biological Interactions, 2003
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1992
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2009
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1998
Objective To determine whether intra-umbilical vein injection with saline solution, with or witho... more Objective To determine whether intra-umbilical vein injection with saline solution, with or without Design Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setting Eleven hospitals in four cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Rosario, and Salta. Participants Two hundred and ninety-one women showing no evidence of placental separation thirty minutes after vaginal delivery. Interventions Three different management strategies: 1. intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution plus oxytocin; 2. intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution alone; and 3. expectant management. Main outcome measures Primary: manual removal of the placenta. Secondary: blood loss after trial entry, haemoglobin level at 24 to 48 hours and at 40 to 45 days after delivery, blood transfusion, curettage, infection, and days of hospital stay. Results Rates of subsequent manual removal were similar: intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution plus oxytocin (58%; RR 0-92; 95% CI 0.73-1.15), or saline alone (63%; RR 1.00; 95% CI 0.80-1.24), compared with expectant management (63%). There were also no detectable effects of the active managements on any of the secondary measures of outcome. Conclusions Based on evidence available from randomised controlled trials, including this trial, it is unlikely that intra-umbilical injection with or without oxytocin, is clinically useful. We recommend that this intervention should not be used in third stage management of labour. oxytocin, reduces the need for manual removal of placenta compared with expectant management.
NAPA Bulletin, 2009
Religious beliefs of migrants and immigrants and their introduction into mainstream U.S. religiou... more Religious beliefs of migrants and immigrants and their introduction into mainstream U.S. religious institutions are not often a focus of research on the Mexican diaspora to the United States. Notable exceptions are found in the works of Reese (2001), Hagan and Ebaugh (2003), and Odem (2004). This dearth exists despite a growing number of studies on religion and migration/immigration in general (e.g., Bowen, 2004; Levitt, 1988). This article focuses on the manner in which Mexican sojourners use their traditional religious beliefs and practices in the United States to deal with and overcome substance abuse and other health problems. i We first became interested in their traditional religious practices while conducting alcohol abuse research in southeastern Pennsylvania. ii In particular, the use of juramentos (ritual promises) by Mexican immigrants and migrants to abstain from drinking caught our interest. iii Later, while teaching an ethnographic field school in Mexican sending communities, we discovered that migrants' wives and mothers made mandas (requests/ pleas) to specific saints on their behalf. As we made further inquiries into these religious practices in Pennsylvania and Mexico, we learned that juramentos and mandas are common practices among Mexican migrants and immigrants. In this article, we address the use of Mexican folk Catholicism in the Misión Santa María, Madre de Dios, a Catholic mission established to reach out to the dispersed Mexican population in southeastern Pennsylvania. The emphasis will be on the manner in which many of its members, mainly migrants and immigrants, draw on juramentos to abstain from alcohol abuse. The use of mandas by family members who remain in Mexico to obtain divine intervention in the drinking problems of kin in Pennsylvania will also be included. The article is divided into three general parts. In the first section, we present the relationship between Mexican migration and immigration and the introduction of Mexican folk
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health diagnosis that occurs following a traumat... more Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health diagnosis that occurs following a traumatic event, and military veterans are at higher risk of exposure to hazardous or life-threatening situations that may result in psychological trauma. PTSD sufferers experience symptoms such as distressing memories, nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, and heightened arousal. Individuals with PTSD also experience higher rates of depressive and substance use disorders, involvement with the justice system, and self-harm and suicide. Many agencies, such as the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) provide treatment PTSD, however most programs experience dropout rates as high as 36%. Recent studies have shown that intensive, short-term, evidence-based treatment is both a desired option, and one that exhibits success rates of nearly 92%. What had not yet been documented at the time of this writing was the longterm efficacy of these programs. Through use of online survey distribution and collection and data analysis, the authors were able to preliminarily demonstrate that both treatment modalities demonstrate very similar symptom reduction. This data, coupled with the aforementioned higher completion rate of short-term treatment would indicate that this newer treatment model is the more effective option. The authors also make recommendations to future researchers and describe the potential impact of this research on the social work profession.
Chemico-biological Interactions, 2003
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1992
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2009
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1998
Objective To determine whether intra-umbilical vein injection with saline solution, with or witho... more Objective To determine whether intra-umbilical vein injection with saline solution, with or without Design Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setting Eleven hospitals in four cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Rosario, and Salta. Participants Two hundred and ninety-one women showing no evidence of placental separation thirty minutes after vaginal delivery. Interventions Three different management strategies: 1. intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution plus oxytocin; 2. intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution alone; and 3. expectant management. Main outcome measures Primary: manual removal of the placenta. Secondary: blood loss after trial entry, haemoglobin level at 24 to 48 hours and at 40 to 45 days after delivery, blood transfusion, curettage, infection, and days of hospital stay. Results Rates of subsequent manual removal were similar: intra-umbilical vein injection of saline solution plus oxytocin (58%; RR 0-92; 95% CI 0.73-1.15), or saline alone (63%; RR 1.00; 95% CI 0.80-1.24), compared with expectant management (63%). There were also no detectable effects of the active managements on any of the secondary measures of outcome. Conclusions Based on evidence available from randomised controlled trials, including this trial, it is unlikely that intra-umbilical injection with or without oxytocin, is clinically useful. We recommend that this intervention should not be used in third stage management of labour. oxytocin, reduces the need for manual removal of placenta compared with expectant management.
NAPA Bulletin, 2009
Religious beliefs of migrants and immigrants and their introduction into mainstream U.S. religiou... more Religious beliefs of migrants and immigrants and their introduction into mainstream U.S. religious institutions are not often a focus of research on the Mexican diaspora to the United States. Notable exceptions are found in the works of Reese (2001), Hagan and Ebaugh (2003), and Odem (2004). This dearth exists despite a growing number of studies on religion and migration/immigration in general (e.g., Bowen, 2004; Levitt, 1988). This article focuses on the manner in which Mexican sojourners use their traditional religious beliefs and practices in the United States to deal with and overcome substance abuse and other health problems. i We first became interested in their traditional religious practices while conducting alcohol abuse research in southeastern Pennsylvania. ii In particular, the use of juramentos (ritual promises) by Mexican immigrants and migrants to abstain from drinking caught our interest. iii Later, while teaching an ethnographic field school in Mexican sending communities, we discovered that migrants' wives and mothers made mandas (requests/ pleas) to specific saints on their behalf. As we made further inquiries into these religious practices in Pennsylvania and Mexico, we learned that juramentos and mandas are common practices among Mexican migrants and immigrants. In this article, we address the use of Mexican folk Catholicism in the Misión Santa María, Madre de Dios, a Catholic mission established to reach out to the dispersed Mexican population in southeastern Pennsylvania. The emphasis will be on the manner in which many of its members, mainly migrants and immigrants, draw on juramentos to abstain from alcohol abuse. The use of mandas by family members who remain in Mexico to obtain divine intervention in the drinking problems of kin in Pennsylvania will also be included. The article is divided into three general parts. In the first section, we present the relationship between Mexican migration and immigration and the introduction of Mexican folk