Explore the latest in global violence, including refugee health and the long-term health sequelae of global war and terrorism.
This Medical News article discusses ongoing physical and mental health effects for emergency personnel, recovery and cleanup workers, and volunteers who responded on and after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms among displaced Rohingya adults and investigates the association of predisplacement abuse and postdisplacement factors with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
This cohort study investigates the prevalence by sex, age, and symptom severity of long-term lung, eye, and skin complications among survivors exposed to sulfur mustard between 1980 and 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War.
This cohort study examines the association of age and exposure to neighborhood-level violence with subsequent depression onset in an area with medium-intensity armed conflict.
This cross-sectional study evaluates the associations between Yazidi women’s experiences of violence (ie, war violence, partner violence, enslavement) and their mental health.
This cross-sectional study examines acyl-ghrelin levels in Pakistani adolescents who experienced severe trauma and have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared with adolescents who have not experienced severe trauma.
This cross-sectional study consolidates data on suicides among active-duty personnel in the US Army from 1819 to 2017 and identifies historical trends to separate them from more acute causal factors.
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of surgeons’ having predeployment training on the rules and ethics that govern the decisions for care of injured people in volatile settings, such as wars and armed conflicts.
This Medical News article describes research proposals the US military is weighing to evaluate sufentanil sublingual tablets, an opioid that gained a controversial FDA approval last year, for battlefield use.
In this Viewpoint, Gostin and colleagues review recommendations developed by experts convened by Georgetown University on how the international community can respond to the 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the midst of active conflict and insecurity from armed rebels.
This Medical News article is an interview with Denis Mukwege, MD, cowinner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
This case report describes the use of laser treatment beginning in 2015 to treat napalm burns sustained by the famous Vietnamese “Napalm Girl” in 1972.
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