Analysis Finds About 20 Veterans Died Daily from Suicide Between 2001 and 2014

Halpern, Lucy Wang

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“…They are easy to write, as Dubos said, at meetings "in all sorts of pleasant places". So, too, is it easy to speak of "mental health", supporting the troops, and the adventures of "Mars" colonies while a veteran's homeless shelter loses public funding [121] and twenty veterans commit suicide every day [122]. Fulfillment defines the symbiocene's commitment to equitable access to healthy, nutritious food and 'stable, sustainable, and healthy ecosystems' as stated in the recent Vienna Declaration on Public Health [123].…”

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Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

Prescott

Logan

2017

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Advances in science have illuminated the role of the "ecological theatre"-the total living environment-in human health. In a rapidly changing epoch known as the anthropocene, microbiome science is identifying functional connections between all life, both seen and unseen. Rather than an easily identifiable era appearing in rock strata, the anthropocene is more of a diagnostic syndrome, a set of signs and symptoms including climate change, gross biodiversity losses, environmental degradation, and an epidemic of non-communicable diseases. The syndrome is intertwined with politics, economics, public policies (or lack thereof), social values, and a global push of calorie-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages. The healing of anthropocene syndrome is the grand challenge of humanity. Expanding on the "Mars Can Wait" argument of Geoffrey Goodman, et al., we focus on the urgency with which health promotion must be prioritized here on Earth. We revive Jonas Salk's biophilosophy: a call to action for collaboration between biologists, humanists, and scholars of all stripes. From this perspective, lines of distinction between personal, public, and planetary health are removed. We also describe the symbiocene: the possibility of a new epoch in which mutualism will be considered imperative. If society asks the right questions, a transition to the symbiocene is possible; the "stratigraphical" mark of the new epoch will be found in a repudiation of authoritarianism, and the promotion of empathy, cultural competency, emotional intelligence, and commitment to optimism, tolerance, and the facilitation of the WHO definition of health, i.e., the fulfillment of human potential.

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Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

Prescott

Logan

2017

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“…In order to illustrate the saliency of this topic-to fully appreciate how authoritarian barriers to the WHO goals in the Age of NCDs could manifest-consider the tragically high rates of suicide among veterans. Remarkably, there are twenty veteran suicides per day in the United States alone [140]. Although this may be due to many factors, not the least of which is inadequate access to primary forms of mental health care (e.g., pharmacotherapy, cognitive-behavioral interventions), the available treatments are undeniably inadequate.…”

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From Authoritarianism to Advocacy: Lifestyle-Driven, Socially-Transmitted Conditions Require a Transformation in Medical Training and Practice

Prescott

Logan²

2018

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The epidemic of socially-rooted, lifestyle-driven non-communicable diseases (NCDs; also referred to as socially-transmitted conditions) has now overtaken infectious diseases as the leading cause of human mortality. Despite this reality, physician education, training and practice within industrialized nations is heavily slanted toward the biopharmaceutical (and away from the psychosocial) aspects of prevention and treatment. As we underscore, the current state of physician training and practical application of guidelines pertaining to lifestyle is paltry and untenable. However, the solution is not a few more hours of nutritional biochemistry to check off the curricula box. Physician readiness for the current NCD crisis will require a philosophical shift in medicine-at-large, including candidate pooling. Recent elections in the United States and Europe have cast a spotlight on the public health consequences of political authoritarianism. However, we highlight that authoritarianism-and its related facets of social dominance orientation and Machiavellianism-are not exclusive to political candidates. Here, we open a dialogue on authoritarianism in westernized medicine as a starting point in order to encourage the development of critical research and to explore its potential as a barrier to patient care. We suggest that authoritarianism and its prejudices act as a border wall to the World Health Organization's broad vision of global health, cultural competency and patient autonomy. Moreover, the evidence reviewed here would suggest that in the context of the NCDs crisis, westernized medicine is long overdue a Flexner Report for the 21st Century.

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Nursing quality indicator outcomes in hospitals with a Clinical Nurse Leader: a scoping review protocol

Sage

Harris

2018

JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports

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What nursing quality indicator outcomes related to nosocomial infections have been identified in studies reporting upon care of patients by Clinical Nurse Leaders?The objective of this scoping review is to explore existing literature related to nursing quality indicator outcomes specific to nosocomial infections in studies reporting upon care of patients by Clinical Nurse Leaders, examine and conceptually map the evidence, and identify any gaps.

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Analysis Finds About 20 Veterans Died Daily from Suicide Between 2001 and 2014

Abstract: The VA is launching aggressive measures aimed at prevention.

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Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

Down to Earth: Planetary Health and Biophilosophy in the Symbiocene Epoch

From Authoritarianism to Advocacy: Lifestyle-Driven, Socially-Transmitted Conditions Require a Transformation in Medical Training and Practice

Nursing quality indicator outcomes in hospitals with a Clinical Nurse Leader: a scoping review protocol

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