Self-reported mental and physical health symptoms and potentially traumatic events among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals: The role of shame.

Sleep quality is important to health, and increasingly viewed as critical in promoting successful, resilient aging. In this review, the interplay between sleep and mental and physical health is considered with a focus on the role of inflammation as a biological pathway that translates the effects of sleep on risk of depression, pain and chronic disease risk in aging. Given that sleep regulates inflammatory biologic mechanisms with effects on mental and physical health outcomes, the potential of interventions that target sleep to reduce inflammation and promote health in aging is also discussed.

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The Role of Trauma Type and Age in the Relation Between Trauma Exposure and Intelligence

Child Maltreatment ◽

10.1177/1077559519860596 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 192-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Austen McGuire ◽

Yo Jackson

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Foster Care ◽

Cognitive Functioning ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Trauma Exposure ◽

Potentially Traumatic Events ◽

Iq Scores ◽

Trauma Type ◽

Youth In Foster Care

Experiencing potentially traumatic events (PTEs) is associated with deficits in cognitive functioning for youth. Previous research has demonstrated that PTE type may influence the association between PTE experiences and intelligence, such that IQ scores may differ by the type of PTE experienced. Additionally, mixed findings in the literature suggest that these associations might differ by age. The current study examined the association between PTE type and IQ and how age may moderate this association. In a sample of youth in foster care ( N = 328, Mage = 13.25), physical, psychological, and sexual abuse and family PTEs were directly associated with verbal and nonverbal IQ. Age significantly moderated the association between IQ and neglect and academic PTEs. Results suggest that broad PTE grouping methods or failing to account for both maltreatment and general PTEs in samples of youth in foster care may conceal differences in how PTEs relate to intellectual functioning.

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Stress is Associated with Neurocognitive Function in Hispanic/Latino Adults: Results from HCHS/SOL Socio-Cultural Ancillary Study

The Journals of Gerontology Series B ◽

10.1093/geronb/gbz144 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth Muñoz ◽

Linda C Gallo ◽

Simin Hua ◽

Martin Sliwinski ◽

Robert Kaplan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

Physical Health ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

Verbal Learning ◽

Neurocognitive Function ◽

Standard Deviation Increase ◽

Baseline Phase ◽

Health Symptoms ◽

Ancillary Study ◽

Mental And Physical Health

Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that chronic and acculturative stress would be negatively associated with neurocognitive function among middle aged to older Hispanics/Latinos. Method Our analytic sample consisted of 3,265 participants (mean age = 56.7 (+/-0.24)) from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos who participated in its Sociocultural Ancillary Study. During the baseline phase of this project, participants were assessed on multiple domains of neurocognitive function, and completed self-report measures of chronic and acculturative stress. Results Each standard deviation increase in chronic stress was associated with lower performance in a verbal learning task (B = -.17, 95% CI [-.32, -.01]); this association was no longer significant after adjusting for mental and physical health symptoms, including depression and anxiety symptoms, and cardiovascular health. A standard deviation increase in acculturative stress was associated with poorer performance in all cognitive measures (Bs range = -.13 to -1.03). Associations of acculturation stress with psychomotor speed, verbal learning, and word fluency remained significant after adjusting for mental and physical health symptoms. Discussion Our results suggest that mental and physical health may help explain some cross-sectional associations between stress and cognition and highlight the need to examine culture-specific psychosocial stressors to better understand the context of psychosocial risk factors for neurocognitive performance.

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What are the Predictors of Volatile Substance Use in an Urban Community of Adults Who are Homeless?

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health ◽

10.7870/cjcmh-2015-003 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 37-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tracy DeBoer ◽

Jino Distasio ◽

Corinne A. Isaak ◽

Leslie E. Roos ◽

Shay-Lee Bolton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Physical Health ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Volatile Substance ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Residential School ◽

Homeless Adults ◽

School History ◽

History Of ◽

Mental And Physical Health

The present study explored the prevalence of volatile substance use (VSU ) in a community of homeless adults. The importance of individual life history characteristics (history of traumatic events, residential school history, mental and physical health conditions) were also examined with respect to past-year volatile substance use in this sample. Overall, the results indicate that a variety of traumatic events, particularly residential school history and a number of mental and physical health conditions, were significantly associated with VSU in this urban Canadian sample. These findings have novel implications for community interventions for VSU and highlight the importance of conceptualizing cultural and historical traumas in understanding VSU .

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