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A first comprehensive picture of the mental health issues of female prisoners in Paraguay: Prevalence and associated factors. 第一次全面了解巴拉圭女囚犯的心理健康问题：流行情况和相关因素。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1177/00258024251404779

Julio Torales, Gisselle Velázquez, Gladys Estigarribia, Andrew Forrester, Diego Amarilla, Patricia Ríos Mujica, Gloria Aguilar, Anthon Daniel Torres-Romero, Nicolás López, Sofía Gauto, Marcelo O'Higgins, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Antonio Ventriglio, João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Iván Barrios

{"title":"A first comprehensive picture of the mental health issues of female prisoners in Paraguay: Prevalence and associated factors.","authors":"Julio Torales, Gisselle Velázquez, Gladys Estigarribia, Andrew Forrester, Diego Amarilla, Patricia Ríos Mujica, Gloria Aguilar, Anthon Daniel Torres-Romero, Nicolás López, Sofía Gauto, Marcelo O'Higgins, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Antonio Ventriglio, João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Iván Barrios","doi":"10.1177/00258024251404779","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258024251404779","url":null,"abstract":"This is the first study to examine mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk among incarcerated women in Paraguay, aiming to identify factors associated with these conditions, such as age and medical history. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 215 incarcerated women. Participants were assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) to evaluate mental health symptoms, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) for suicide risk, and MULTICAGE CAD-4 to measure alcohol and drug addiction. The chi-square test and odds ratios were applied to identify associations between mental health outcomes and associated factors, with a significance level of 5%. Our findings revealed that 40% of the participants had some level of suicide risk. Alcohol consumption was reported by 36.7% of the participants; 59.5% screened positive for alcohol-related problems, and 45.6% used drugs, with 73.5% screening positive for drug-related problems. Depression (23.7%) and somatization (21.4%) were the most frequent dimensions of mental health symptoms. Younger women (aged 18-38 years) were significantly more vulnerable to hostility, psychoticism, and interpersonal sensitivity. The study also identified a significant relationship between substance use and suicide risk, with substance users more likely to exhibit suicidal tendencies. Our study highlights the urgent need for integrated mental health and substance use interventions in Paraguayan prisons, especially for younger women who are at higher risk of mental health disorders. Suicide prevention strategies should be prioritized by incorporating mental health and substance use treatments. Further research is needed to explore these issues longitudinally and in different prison environments.","PeriodicalId":18484,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Science and the Law","volume":" ","pages":"347-356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145810372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A crucial approach to devise and consider urgently needed suicide-prevention measures based on suicide trends over 27 years in Japan. 根据日本27年来的自杀趋势，设计和考虑迫切需要的自杀预防措施的关键方法。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-28 DOI: 10.1177/00258024261435777

Ken Inoue, Sultana Razia, Yuri Murayama, Kyoko Hirabayashi, Soko Nishizawa, Nobuo Takeichi, Satomi Kameo, Noriyuki Kawano, Yasuyuki Fujita, Haruo Takeshita, Tatsushige Fukunaga

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How useful is the concept of trauma-informed practice in prisons? 监狱中创伤知情实践的概念有多大用处？

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-14 DOI: 10.1177/00258024261441354

Clare Crole-Rees, Megan Kydd-Coutts, Cariss Davies-Bishop, Andrew Forrester

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The lung pays the price: Massive pleural empyema as a rare complication of amoebic liver abscess - an autopsy case report. 肺付出了代价：大量胸膜脓肿是阿米巴肝脓肿的罕见并发症-一个尸检病例报告。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1177/00258024261439476

Munesh Kumar, Vijay Sharma, Deep Roy, Neha Aggarwal, S K Tandon

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Persistence of inorganic gunshot residue in the hyponychium: Tackling post-shooting hand cleaning challenges. 无机射击残留物在下颌骨的持久性：解决射击后的手部清洁挑战。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1177/00258024251399241

Ramazan Akçan, Mahmut Şerif Yıldırım, Derya Demircioğlu, Emre Erkan, Merve Çapaci, Ali Rıza Tümer, Necdet Sağlam

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Dental methods of post-mortem interval estimation. A pilot study on Feulgen reaction for DNA integrity on teeth pulp. 估计死亡间隔的牙科方法。Feulgen反应对牙髓DNA完整性的初步研究。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/00258024251399246

Ilenia Bianchi, Martina Focardi, Annalidia Seclì, Emanuele Capasso, Regina Rensi, Barbara Gualco, Laura Calosi, Daniele Bani, Vilma Pinchi

{"title":"Dental methods of post-mortem interval estimation. A pilot study on Feulgen reaction for DNA integrity on teeth pulp.","authors":"Ilenia Bianchi, Martina Focardi, Annalidia Seclì, Emanuele Capasso, Regina Rensi, Barbara Gualco, Laura Calosi, Daniele Bani, Vilma Pinchi","doi":"10.1177/00258024251399246","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258024251399246","url":null,"abstract":"The estimation of late post-mortem intervals (PMIs) represents a challenge for the routine forensic pathologist's practice. Few studies have evaluated the reliability of teeth as stable and protected matrices rich in DNA. The pilot study aims to verify the feasibility of Feulgen reaction colorimetric measurement on odontoblastic cells from the dental pulp of extracted teeth as a useful tool to estimate late PMIs. Ten teeth obtained from healthy patients who underwent tooth avulsion for clinical reasons were included in the sample and crown pulps were extracted at five different PMIs (T0-baseline, 14 days, 1 month, 1.5 months, and 2 months). The PMI was assumed as the time elapsed from the tooth avulsion up to the pulp extraction. The Feulgen reaction and the colorimetric analyses with ImageJ software on odontoblastic cells of dental pulps were pursued in order to measure the residual dental DNA integrity according to the PMls. The study provides evidence for the persistence of odontoblasts up to 2 months post-mortem in a recognizable organization, hence useful in late PMIs. The method based on Feulgen reaction could be a reliable tool for estimating the late PMI, correctly distinguishing between PMI 0 and 14 days, but also between PMI 14 days and 2 months. To the best of our knowledge, the Feulgen reaction has never been applied to study the possible correlation of the dental pulp cells' integrity and the PMI. Preliminary results suggest the feasibility of the proposed method for estimating the time elapsed since death, but further research is needed.","PeriodicalId":18484,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Science and the Law","volume":" ","pages":"317-329"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145654561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Trends and prevalence of suicide among children and young people in Türkiye. 日本儿童和青少年自杀的趋势和流行程度。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1177/00258024251408637

Emre Nuri İgde, Burak Tastekin

{"title":"Trends and prevalence of suicide among children and young people in Türkiye.","authors":"Emre Nuri İgde, Burak Tastekin","doi":"10.1177/00258024251408637","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258024251408637","url":null,"abstract":"Suicide among youth is a major public health issue, and each country has implemented different suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the years. This study aims to analyse the frequency of suicides and changing of suicide methods among children and young people in Türkiye during the last 15 years. Annual data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) were utilised retrospectively in this study. Data about suicide rate and methods were analysed by the Joinpoint Regression Program. Over the years between 2009 and 2023, changes in suicide rate and trends in suicide methods were revealed. There were 12,745 suicide deaths among children and young people. These comprised 25.07% of total suicide deaths last 15 years. The age-specific suicide death rates increased with an average annual percent change of 1.46%. Hanging was the most used suicide method in total (n = 5313; 41.69%) and in both sexes (n = 3591, 44.26% in males; n = 1722, 37.18% in females), followed by using firearms in second place and jumping from heights in third, overall. Suicide death rates caused by jumping increased significantly by 6.9% per year. In contrast, suicide deaths by hanging decreased approximately 1.45% annually. Determining the prevalence and trends of suicide methods is crucial for identifying high-risk populations. This knowledge is essential for formulating and executing effective suicide prevention strategies.","PeriodicalId":18484,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Science and the Law","volume":" ","pages":"337-346"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145810347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Rehabilitation through yoga: Mental health and the right to dignity in prison. 通过瑜伽进行康复：监狱中的精神健康和尊严权。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1177/00258024261418903

Isabel Benjumeda Wynhoven, Victoria Valdebenito Mac Farlane, Valentina Salazar Hernández

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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic characteristics of 38 Y-STR Loci in Lisu population from Kunming, Yunnan Province, Southwest China. 云南昆明傈僳族38个Y-STR基因座的遗传多样性及系统发育特征

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/00258024251399257

Xinjian Zheng, Wei Wei, Yue Wang, Chongchong Xu, Shixu Wang, Jiahui Peng, Chaojie Xiang, Yujie Fan, Shurong Zhong

{"title":"Genetic diversity and phylogenetic characteristics of 38 Y-STR Loci in Lisu population from Kunming, Yunnan Province, Southwest China.","authors":"Xinjian Zheng, Wei Wei, Yue Wang, Chongchong Xu, Shixu Wang, Jiahui Peng, Chaojie Xiang, Yujie Fan, Shurong Zhong","doi":"10.1177/00258024251399257","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258024251399257","url":null,"abstract":"Y-Chromosomal short tandem repeat polymorphism (Y-STR) plays an important role in forensic practice due to its unique patrilineal inheritance pattern. Y-STRs of male individuals from different regions differ in terms of relevant forensic parameters and phylogenetic relationships. Although a large number of scholars have reported studies on the Y-STRs of different groups in different regions, there are still insufficient data on the Y-STR population genetics of the Lisu population in Kunming. To enrich the relevant research, a total of 801 healthy male participants from the Lisu ethnic group in Kunming, Yunnan Province, Southwest China, were included in this study. The DeepTyper Y41 Human DNA Typing Kit was used to co-amplify the 38 Y-STR loci. Haplotypes and associated forensic parameters were analyzed. Multidimensional scaling and neighbor-joining (N-J) phylogenetic tree were performed to complete the phylogenetic analyses based on the genetic distance (Rst) values in the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database. 656 haplotypes were observed among the 801 male individuals. The value of haplotype diversity, haplotype matching probability and discrimination capacity was 0.9991, 0.0022 and 0.8190, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the Kunming Lisu population was closer to the Yunnan Han, the Liangshan Yi and the Yunnan Dai in phylogenetic relationship. Overall, this study enriches the research on population genetics on Y-STRs in Chinese ethnic minorities. The data can be utilized for population genetics and forensic research, specifically in the construction of genealogical databases.","PeriodicalId":18484,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Science and the Law","volume":" ","pages":"330-336"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145775042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Temporising refugee protection: Mental health and human rights consequences of UK asylum and immigration policy changes. 临时难民保护：联合王国庇护和移民政策变化的心理健康和人权后果。

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Medicine, Science and the Law Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1177/00258024261486210

Grace Crowley, Petra Mäkelä, Rukyya Hassan, Mishka Pillay, Theresa Schleicher, Piyal Sen, Cornelius Katona

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