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Olfactory and gustatory functions have not been well characterized in older adults in the US. Consequently, their relationships to sociodemographic characteristics, as well as physical and mental health, were studied in a large national probability sample using brief validated tests of chemosensory f...
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PMID: 21858264
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Susan S Rees,
Derrick D Silove,
Tien T Chey,
Lorraine L Ivancic,
Zachary Z Steel,
Mark M Creamer,
Maree M Teesson,
Richard R Bryant,
Alexander C AC McFarlane,
Katherine L KL Mills,
Tim T Slade,
Natacha N Carragher,
Meaghan M O'Donnell and
David D Forbes
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Intimate partner physical violence, rape, sexual assault, and stalking are pervasive and co-occurring forms of gender-based violence (GBV). An association between these forms of abuse and lifetime mental disorder and psychosocial disability among women needs to be examined.
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PMID: 21813429
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We attempted to determine the characteristics of caregivers who have strong feelings of responsibility and obligation toward their provision of care. Age was a significantly higher factor in the group with stronger feelings in that regard. The group with weaker feelings of responsibility and obligat...
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PMID: 21928692
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We measured the frequency of perceived stigma and discrimination among caregivers of veterans with TBI and examined whether perceived stigma and discrimination are associated with caregiver strain, social isolation, depression, and anxiety.
Seventy caregivers of veterans with TBI com...
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PMID: 21723524
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For youth today to achieve their full potential, outdoor-based play and reconnection to nature are essential.
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PMID: 21786412
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The current research aims to clarify the factors relevant to elderly people's access to dental care in Japan, particularly focusing on geographical accessibility.
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PMID: 21780351
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We wanted to evaluate this association in young and healthy students by a survey. Further, we aimed to detect the relevance of sleep onset latency and sleep duration for sleep quality....
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PMID: 21739905
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We tested how first pregnancy outcome (abortion vs. delivery) related to subsequent major depression, suicidal ideation, and self-esteem. Models controlling for risk factors, such as background and economic factors, prepregnancy violence experience, and prepregnancy mental health, as well as a model...
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PMID: 21486261
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The Psychiatric Reform raises the issue of social inclusion through work from the perspective of Solidary Economy and family involvement. In city in the interior of São Paulo, a solidary enterprise of users of the Psychosocial Care Center was created. This qualitative study was perf...
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PMID: 21655793
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We investigated the relationship between religiosity, mental health problems, and two sexual risk behaviors-condom use and number of partners. Participants were 80 sexually active African American girls in psychiatric care and their caregivers. Results indicated differential relationships, depending...
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PMID: 21604846
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To investigate the impact of urinary incontinence and urgency on women's sexual life and the prevalence of urinary leakage during sexual activity. A further aim was to explore factors affecting sexual desire and satisfaction with sexual life.
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PMID: 21371000
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Our nation and state are facing an unparalleled obesity epidemic, and it's time to offer real life comprehensive solutions that promote weight loss and reduction in morbidity and mortality....
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PMID: 21476463
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We tested a meditational model to determine whether the relationship between change in visa status and change in psychological symptoms was mediated by change in living difficulties associated with the visa categories. The conversion of visa status from TPV to PR status was associated with significa...
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PMID: 21296428
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The assessment of individual vulnerability to stress emerges as a predictive factor of a higher risk of developing stress-related disorders. In the last decade, the geography of immigration in Portugal experienced intense transformations in terms of recruitment and patterns of geogra...
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PMID: 21287274
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Well-being is a complex notion with many different dimensions whose definition is disputed. Therefore, the present study considers the meanings and indicators of well-being in health in the perspective of the farmers of the Northeast of Thailand. The conceptual framework of research is based on well-...
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PMID: 21534373
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The authors assessed the effectiveness of a systematic method of predeployment mental health screening to determine whether screening decreased negative outcomes during deployment in Iraq's combat setting.
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PMID: 21245086
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We tested whether bonobo and chimpanzee orphans living in sanctuaries show any behavioral, physiological, or cognitive abnormalities relative to other individuals in captivity as a result of the early-life stress they experience. Orphans showed lower levels of aberrant behaviors, similar levels of a...
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PMID: 21666743
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Attachment theory is a very influential general concept of human social and emotional development, which emphasizes the role of early mother-infant interactions for infant's adaptive behavioural and stress copying strategies, personality organization and mental health. Individuals wi...
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PMID: 21552202
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This paper aims to describe the care for persons bereaved by suicide from the perspective of mental health. Those bereaved by suicide experience three types of difficulties. The first encompasses difficulties in daily life, including death notifications, dealing with the funeral, cancellation of bank...
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PMID: 21404637
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This is Me is the largest youth counseling web portal in Slovenia, providing teens with a friendly, simple, fast, free, anonymous and efficient public access to expert information and problem-solving assistance. Network of web counselors includes 38 experts (medical specialists, psychologists, social...
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PMID: 21685594
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In the first of a two-part series on health and wellbeing, this article looks at how nurses can focus on their own health and wellbeing, and signposts resources to help them find coping strategies to prevent stress. Although many of the reference documents concerning health and wellbeing relate to th...
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PMID: 21761787
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We reviewed the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community occupational therapy interventions, delivered alone or within a multidisciplinary team, in improving occupational outcomes for adults with selected chronic diseases.
We completed a scoping review of randomized controll...
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PMID: 21834458
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Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric conditions seen in the general medical setting, affecting millions of individuals in the United States. The treatments for depression and anxiety are multiple and have varying degrees of effectiveness. Physical activity has been shown to be assoc...
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PMID: 21495519
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This study explored the relationship between employment and recovery in individuals with psychiatric disabilities and proposed that participants who were employed would have higher levels of recovery than participants who were not employed.
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PMID: 21768080
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The prevalence of chronic diseases and their risk factors in different general populations are well documented, but little is known about disabled populations in China.
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PMID: 21902902
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Emotions provide a ubiquitous and consequential backdrop to daily life, influencing everything from physiology to interpersonal relationships in the blink of an eye. Instances of emotional experience accumulate and compound to impact overall mental and physical health. Under optimal conditions, emoti...
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PMID: 21219046
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Approximately one-third of refugee and humanitarian entrants to Australia are adult men. Many of these men and their families settle in regional areas. Little is known about the health status of refugee men and the use of health services, and whether or not there are differences between those living...
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PMID: 21616027
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Torture is thought to confer worse mental health than other war-related traumatic events. However, reliability of torture assessment and validity of torture constructs as indicators of poor mental health have not been systematically evaluated. Study aims were to assess the psychometric properties of...
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PMID: 21206240
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I Disorders. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among the survivors was 6.1%, and the risk of having a psychiatric disorder was more than 3 times higher than in the comparison group (RR = 3.44, 95% confidence interval = 1.6-7.6). Disaster exposure and general neurotic personality predic...
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PMID: 21206247
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We found a dose-response relationship between the amount of cannabis use and the odds for psychiatric hospitalization. Adjusted odds ratios for hospitalization increased with the amount of cannabis consumed from 1.6 (95% CI: 1.1-2.3) in incidental users to 6.2 (95% CI: 4.3-8.9) in heavy users (>...
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PMID: 21198455
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These results cast doubt on the adequacy of the current ICD classification of depression in three levels of severity....
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PMID: 20146833
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Chronic medical illness among children and adolescents is a growing concern with implications for informal and formal caregivers. When coupled with a psychiatric comorbidity, implications grow exponentially. Nurses who care for child and adolescent populations play a crucial role in optimizing physi...
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PMID: 20971335
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This article provides detailed information about assessing the mental health needs of older adults as well as strategies to maintain mental health. An overview of the public health needs of older adults is provided that includes examples of policies that ensure minimum physical and mental health for...
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PMID: 20971342
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The physical health of people with schizophrenia is poor, and the challenges in finding effective treatment and optimizing health outcomes are significant. However, it is likely that people diagnosed with schizophrenia can be partners in the treatment of their physical health problems. Research sugg...
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PMID: 20971339
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This article describes what is known about mental health in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly globally in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The social determinants of health are described as well as the paradigm shift from focusing on psychopathology to looking at ways in which i...
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PMID: 20971333
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this paper reports on an initiative conducted within the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, to increase skills and confidence of hairdressers to act as a resource and referral source for mental health issues, including family violence.
the intervention consisted of a workshop for hairdressers, follow-up t...
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PMID: 21118072
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It is well established that individuals with anxiety disorders experience significant impairments in social and occupational functioning. However, the impact of anxiety disorders on family members has not been adequately studied. The objective of the present study was to examine the burden experienc...
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PMID: 21135638
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We addressed the representativeness of clinical trials by comparing 146 adult clinical trial participants with DSM-IV ADHD and a community sample composed of 124 adults with DSM-IV ADHD and 123 non-ADHD controls. Subjects were compared on socioeconomic status, Hollingshead occupational code, cogniti...
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PMID: 20816030
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Guilherme Borges,
Matthew K Nock,
Josep M Haro Abad,
Irving Hwang,
Nancy A Sampson,
Jordi Alonso,
Laura Helena Andrade,
Matthias C Angermeyer,
Annette Beautrais,
Evelyn Bromet,
Ronny Bruffaerts,
Giovanni de Girolamo,
Silvia Florescu,
Oye Gureje,
Chiyi Hu,
Elie G Karam,
Viviane Kovess-Masfety,
Sing Lee,
Daphna Levinson,
Maria Elena Medina-Mora,
Johan Ormel,
Jose Posada-Villa,
Rajesh Sagar,
Toma Tomov,
Hidenori Uda,
David R Williams and
Ronald C Kessler
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Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess the risk of suicide attempts. This study reports the results of an analysis of a large cross-national epidemiologic survey database that estimates the 12-month prevalence of suicida...
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PMID: 20816034
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Valid outcome assessment tools specific for spinal trauma patients are necessary to establish the efficacy of different treatment options. So far, no validated specific outcome measures are available for this patient population. The purpose of this study was to assess the current state of outcome me...
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PMID: 21039157
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In the Anglo-Saxon scientific literature, successful aging has been consolidated during the last four decades. Nevertheless, several terms have been used as synonymous: healthy, active, productive, optimal, positive aging. Although, all these terms have been described through a broad set of bio-psyc...
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PMID: 21044491
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This study uses data from a nationally representative epidemiologic survey, the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, to investigate the association of mental health and substance use disorders, along with other factors, with past homelessness. Approximately 5% of the 5,251 adults reported having...
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PMID: 21099075
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We developed a shortened version (30 items), taking into account the application of psychometric criteria suggested by van Dierendonck (2005). The scales of this version revealed better reliability and adequate goodness of fit indices for the six-factor model, as proposed by Carol Ryff's PWB theory....
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PMID: 20977050
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We address the experiences of female sex workers in urban Australia through analysis of interviews using a feminist approach. Although many previous studies have been conducted, our focus was on the voices of sex workers in an area that was rapidly gentrifying, leading to local community tensions. I...
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PMID: 20952601
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Given the paucity of research on differences between older adults representing the many Asian-American subcategories, the present study explored physical and mental health status in five subcategories of Asian Americans aged 60 and older: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Fi...
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PMID: 20929469
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