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Sunday, 10 August 2008

Post-Partum Suicide Attempt Risks Studied

� Although maternal felo-de-se after giving birth is a comparatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers compared iI populations of mothers and found that a history of psychiatric disorders or substance clapperclaw was a strong forecaster of postpartum suicide attempts.

Using the hospitalization and birth records from Washington State, USA, from 1992 to 2001, the researchers found that 335 women had been hospitalized for suicide attempts. Another 1420 women world Health Organization had given birth simply had not been hospitalized for a suicide attempt served as a control group.

After adjusting for fetal or infant expiry and early variables, women who had been antecedently hospitalized for psychiatric disorders were more than than 27 times as likely to attempt felo-de-se as women without this medical history. Women with a history of meaning abuse were six multiplication as potential to attack suicide, piece psychiatric hospitalisation and substance abuse in concert increased the risk by 11 times.

Writing in the article, Katherine A. Comtois, PhD, lead detective from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, states, "In the flow study, we focused on preexisting psychiatric risk factors for postpartum suicide attempts resulting in hospitalization. Most importantly, a prior psychiatrical or substance use diagnosing among postpartum women significantly increased the risk of a serious postpartum felo-de-se attempt. One implication of this study is that screening for past history of psychiatric and substance use diagnoses as part of function prenatal maintenance may be a way of identifying women at high risk of postnatal suicide endeavour, although a recent review of antepartum screening for depression cited insufficient evidence to urge screening as a way to better outcomes."

A recent testimonial from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggested screening for psychosocial risk factors, including economic crisis during antepartum care. This article emphasizes the need for more than careful followup of postpartum women with current or past psychiatrical diagnoses or substance role. The authors continue, "Future studies should evaluate the effectiveness of screening for psychiatric and substance economic consumption disorders on decreasing inauspicious outcomes such as suicide attempts during the postpartum period. If found to be effective, such interventions may prevent the withering impact associated with postpartum suicide endeavour."

"Psychiatric risk factors associated with postpartum suicide endeavor in Washington State, 1992-2001"

Katherine A. Comtois, PhD; Melissa A. Schiff, MD, MPH; and David C. Grossman, MD, MPH.
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 199, Issue 2 (August 2008).
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This work was supported by a grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Elsevier Health Sciences

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Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Verne Troyer Sues TMZ

Verne Troyer has filed a $20 million lawsuit, claiming TMZ violated his rights by publishing and airing portions of his sex tape.

In the suit, filed today in U.S. District Court in downtown L.A., Troyer claims TMZ violated his privacy rights and infringed on his copyright and trademark by running portions of the tape on TMZ TV and TMZ.com. He also alleges TMZ violated his right of publicity and misappropriated his name and likeness.

Troyer says the tape was stolen and ended up in the hands of Kevin Blatt, the guy who distributed "One Night in Paris." Blatt is also named as a defendant.

In addition to damages, Troyer wants an injunction prohibiting further dissemination of the video.

Calls to TMZ were not returned.

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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Family, colleagues hold private memorial for late director Sydney Pollack

LOS ANGELES - Friends, family and show business colleagues reportedly held a private ceremony on the weekend to remember late Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack.

A person with knowledge of the service insisted on anonymity because the family wanted details of Saturday's memorial to be kept private.

The 73-year-old director, producer and actor died of cancer May 26 while surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles.

Pollack won Academy Awards for best picture and best director for the 1985 epic "Out of Africa."

In a career spanning nearly five decades, he directed over 20 films, including "The Firm," "Havana" and "Absence of Malice."

The last film he directed was the 2006 documentary "Sketches of Frank Gehry."

Pollack had worked with seemingly every A-list star in the business: Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman, Barbra Streisand and George Clooney.

He collaborated with Robert Redford on seven films, including "Out of Africa," 1973's "The Way We Were," 1975's "Three Days of the Condor" and 1979's "The Electric Horseman."

While best known as a director, Pollack frequently stepped in front of the camera. He played the agent of Dustin Hoffman's cross-dressing soap star in 1982's "Tootsie," which he also directed, and the old-school law firm boss in 2007's "Michael Clayton," which he also co-produced.

He also appeared on "Will & Grace," "Entourage" and "The Sopranos."

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Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Hotline: 'Millennium' already under review by VH1

According to VH1, the 2000s are over and there’s nothing left to see.
In 2004, the cable channel rolled out “I Love the ’90s,” the follow-up to its wildly popular series “I Love the ’70s” and “I Love the ’80s.” The general consensus among viewers at the time was that it was just too soon. “Let the ’90s sink in,” the people said.
Now, sensing that perhaps the shelf life of clip shows narrated by a cast of C-listers is fleeting, the reinvented and occasionally brilliant cable network isn’t even letting the current decade finish up before summing it up.

“I Love the New Millennium” debuts next week, airing two episodes back-to-back at 9 and 10 each night starting on Monday. The series concludes on Thursday, June 26, so you don’t need to be a math wizard to figure out there will be eight episodes in total covering 2000 to 2007. On tap are culturally important developments such as the iPod, Super Bowl wardrobe malfunctions and Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”
“Join us as we travel back in time to an era when Brad Pitt was happily married to Jennifer Aniston,” trumpets a VH1 press release. “Angelina Jolie and Madonna had yet to start the mad adoption craze, and Britney Spears still had her (expletive) together.”
Of course we’ll watch like passers-by taking in a car wreck on the Southeast Expressway. But we’ll say it again, and this time with moxie: VH1, it’s just too soon. We don’t need a retrospective on a decade that’s been nothing more than a retrospective of past decades. Not yet, anyway.
Virginal glory
When Cut Copy played the Paradise a few weeks ago, folks rolled up early to catch the opening set by Jacksonville, Fla., buzz band Black Kids. Now, when Black Kids return for a headlining gig Oct. 2, attention will once again be on the young and promising opening act. This time around, it’s New York City hipster-funk quartet the Virgins.
A sweet alternative to those not feeling the Vampire Weekend thing, the Virgins pump up the light, breezy r & b-pop, saluting Hall & Oates while nodding to disco era Bee Gees.
The Virgins’ self-titled debut might be the summer’s best road-trip album, but will it run stale by the time the band hits Boston in October? Maybe, maybe not. But what we do know is tickets to the show go on sale Wednesday at noon though Live Nation.
Should be a good one.
JP gets zombified
After Gary Glitter was arrested and imprisoned for sexually abusing children a few years ago, most sporting arenas tossed his celebratory anthem “Rock ’n’ Roll Part II” and replaced it with the more modern, techno singalong “Kernkraft 400.”
The duo behind that famous 1999 remix is Germany’s Zombie Nation, and they’re throwing down a dance party at the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain on July 2. Also on the bill are beat-monster DJ Baltimoroder and Spank Rock’s Chris Devlin. Tickets are $10; more info at milkywayjp.com.

Remy Ma - Remy Mas Victim Speaks Out

The woman shot by rapper REMY MA has confessed she might not be able to have children of her own following the 2007 incident.

The 26-year-old hip-hop star - real name Reminisce Smith - was convicted in March (08) of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes-Joseph in the abdomen.

The 24-year-old victim admits she still cries every time she sees her gunshot wounds - and fears she will never become a mother.

She says, "This thing makes me cry every time I talk about it. I have these ugly scars. My stomach is crazy."

And Barnes-Joseph doesn't believe Smith's eight-year sentence is adequate.

She adds, "She's got a kid. She'll come out in eight years and see her kid. I might not be able to have kids."

However, Smith has questioned Barnes-Joseph's version of events.

She says, "(She's) bending the truth. She's stretching it to make it seem like she did nothing wrong. I don't got to shoot no girls."

And Smith claims she was offered a plea deal that carried a three-year sentence, but turned it down because she believed she would be acquitted.

She adds, "You think I would jeopardise being away from my child for five to 25 years if I even had an inkling that I was guilty of something?"