• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and later-life depression: perceived social support as a potential protective factor 

  Cheong, E. Von; Sinnott, Carol; Dahly, Darren; Kearney, Patricia M. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)

  Objective: To investigate associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and later-life depressive symptoms; and to explore whether perceived social support (PSS) moderates these. Method: We analysed baseline ...
• Evolution of wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future 

  Shafee, Thomas; Masukume, Gwinyai; Kipersztok, Lisa; Das, Diptanshu; Häggström, Mikael; Heilman, James (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)

  As one of the most commonly read online sources of medical information, Wikipedia is an influential public health platform. Its medical content, community, collaborations and challenges have been evolving since its creation ...
• Medical school selection criteria as predictors of medical student empathy: a cross-sectional study of medical students, Ireland 

  O’Sullivan, Donnchadh M.; Moran, Joseph; Corcoran, Paul; O’Flynn, Siun; O’Tuathaigh, Colm; O’Sullivan, Aoife M. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)

  Objectives: To determine whether performance in any of the Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT) sections, most specifically the interpersonal understanding section, correlates with self-reported empathy levels in ...
• Parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on fever: a cross-sectional study in Ireland 

  Kelly, Maria; Sahm, Laura J.; Shiely, Frances; O’Sullivan, Ronan; de Bont, Eefje G.; Mc Gillicuddy, Aoife; Herlihy, Roisin; Dahly, Darren; McCarthy, Suzanne (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)

  Objectives: Fever is a common symptom of mostly benign illness in young children, yet concerning for parents. The aim of this study was to describe parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding fever in children aged ...
• The terrorist attacks and the human live birth sex ratio: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 

  Masukume, Gwinyai; O'Neill, Sinéad M.; Khashan, Ali S.; Kenny, Louise C.; Grech, Victor (Charles University, Karolinum Press, 2017-10-05)

  The live birth sex ratio is defined as male/total births (M/F). Terrorist attacks have been associated with a transient decline in M/F 3-5 months later with an excess of male losses in ongoing pregnancies. The early 21st ...

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