Effects of Annual Spring Flow Events on Abundance of Rio Grande Sillvery Minnow, Red Shiner, and Fathead Minnow with Notes on Recovery Needs for the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow

I investigated effects of annual spring flows on the abundance of Rio Grande silvery minnow, red shiner, and fathead minnow within two segments of the Middle Rio Grande (i.e., above and below the Rio Puerco) using 12 years of data. Rio Grande silvery minnow abundance was positively related to high spring flows and negatively related to low spring flows. Conversely, the abundance of the red shiner and fathead minnow were negatively related to high spring flows and positively related to low spring flows. The strength of these relationships varied with species and location but results from analyses below the Rio Puerco showed a stronger positive and negative relationship (with high and low spring flows, respectively) for Rio Grande silvery minnow.

Recovery from Pediatric Brain Injury: A Preliminary Comparison of Longitudinal Data on Psychological Symptomology and Mental Health Treatment

Objective: To document the course of psychological symptomology, mental health treatment, and unmet psychological needs using caregiver reports in the first 18 months following pediatric brain injury (BI). Method: Participants included 28 children (aged 1-18 years) who were hospitalized at a children's hospital's rehabilitation unit. Caregiver reports of children's psychological symptoms, receipt of mental health treatment, and unmet psychological needs were assessed at one month, six months, 12 months, and 18 months post-BI. Results: Caregivers reported a general increase in psychological symptoms and receipt of mental health treatment over the 18 months following BI; however, there was a substantial gap between the high rate of reported symptoms and low rate of reported treatment. Across all four follow-up time points there were substantial unmet psychological needs (at least 60% of sample). Conclusions: Findings suggest that there are substantial unmet psychological needs among children during the first 18 months after BI. Barriers to mental health treatment for this population need to be addressed.