ANHEDONIA AND MORE PLEASURABLE TIMES

Indicates the kinds of changes that have occurred since COVID-19 made its appearance, including the flood of scientific papers about this disease that have been produced since January of this year. Read More

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

ASAHP President Phyllis King presents some reflections on impacts that the coronavirus has had on the health workforce. Read More

LEGISLATION VS. EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Contains information about steps taken by the Trump Administration in response to Congressional deadlock in reaching agreement on a new coronavirus relief package. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Points out how disparities can result from housing policies outside the health domain that entail historic redlining and its effects on birth outcomes. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Describes financial aspects related to closing schools because of COVID-19, mental health services for students, and a new grant program aimed at enabling higher education institutions to emerge from the current pandemic better able to expand educational opportunities for students. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)

• The COVID-19 Pandemic And Exacerbation Of Intimate Partner Violence

• Mental Health, Substance Use, And Suicidal Ideation During The Coronavirus Pandemic 

• Digital Biomarker Of Diabetes From Smartphone-Based Vascular Signals 

• Using Smartphone Accelerometers To Sense Gait Impairments Due To Alcohol Intoxication Read More

AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY

• Sharing Clinical Trial Data: Challenges And A Way Forward

• National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions By Payer, 2017

• Racial And Ethnic Disparities Among COVID-19 Cases In Workplace Outbreaks Read More

RACIAL DISPARITIES AND NOMENCLATURE IN NEUROSCIENCE

Early life adversity, exposure to toxins throughout life, and racial discrimination are factors contributing to psychiatric disorders, while differences in how nomenclature is used by clinicians and family caregivers may compromise the quality of treatment for Alzheimer’s patients. Read More

AUTOPSIES, HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND INFORMED CONSENT

Differences in autopsy rates between blacks and whites may reflect health disparities while the incorporation of genetic testing in the performance of autopsies raises important questions pertaining to informed consent by relatives of decedents. Read More