Negative Asociation Between Harsh Parenting and Life Satisfaction: Negative coping style as mediator and peer support as moderator
Overview Life satisfaction refers to an individual’s self-evaluation of how satisfied they are with their own life. It is significantly positively correlated…
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HIV and Aids Part 2
Overview HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus transmitted through sexual contact, shared needles, and from mother to child during childbirth or br…
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HIV and Aids Part 1
Overview HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus transmitted through sexual contact, shared needles, and from mother to child during childbirth or br…
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Ebola Virus Infection
Overview Ebola virus is one of at least 30 known viruses capable of causing viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome. The genus Ebolavirus currently is classified…
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Effectiveness of speech therapy in treating vocal blocking tics in children with Tourette syndrome: Two case reports
Overview A tic is a sudden, rapid, recurrent, and non-rhythmic motor movement or vocalization, which can be distinguished from other involuntary movements by…
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Social Communication Delay in an Unbiased Sample of Preschoolers with the FMR1 Premutation
Overview The FMR1 premutation (FXpm) involves CGG expansions of 55-200 repeats and is linked to health issues like FXTAS and FXPOI. FXTAS affects 40% of males…
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Dementia and Hearing Aid Use and Cessation: A National Study
Overview Hearing loss is common among older adults, affecting about two-thirds of those aged 70 and over, and up to 80% of those over 80. While often consider…
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Understanding and Addressing Older Adults’ Loneliness: The Social Relationship Expectations Framework
Overview Loneliness is an experience resulting from a perceived discrepancy between expected and actual social relationships. Although this discrepancy is…
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Psychology of Abusive Human Behaviour
Overview The aim of this article is to explore the psychology of abusive human behaviour with special attention to gaslighting, defamation of character, mo…
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Early Diagnosis on ADHD: Is it Possible?
Overview Early diagnosis of ADHD is crucial to prevent significant functional impairment and economic burden. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…
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Associations of Symptom Severity of Mentally ill parents on family functioning and children’s mental health
Overview Parental mental illness has a negative impact on children’s mental health. Often, the entire family structure suffers from the consequences of parent…
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Effect of group sand play therapy on psychopathologies of adolescents with delinquent behaviours
Overview Adolescence is a period in which drastic changes occur in physiological, emotional, and cognitive aspects of development. Adolescents often express d…
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Serum Magnesium is Inversely Associated with Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome
Overview Magnesium is vital to maintain normal physiological functions. We aimed to identify the association between serum magnesium and different measures…
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Autism Spectrum Screening Checklist (ASSC): The Development of a Scale to Identify High-Risk Individuals within the Children’s Mental Health System
Overview Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder that has become the fastest growing developmental disability.…
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The Child and Adolescent Family Functioning Inventory (CAFFI): Development and Psychometric Properties
Overview Substantial empirical support exists demonstrating the efficacy of family therapy in the treatment of serious child and adolescent mental illness.…
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Learning Disabilities Elevate Children’s Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems
Overview Our purpose was to study the frequency of behavioural-emotional problems among children identified with a learning disability (LD). The study…
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Relationship between chronic disease and depression: the mediating effect of pain
Overview The incidence of depression was high in people who were female, less educated, unmarried, living in rural areas, and working. Chronic diseases have a…
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Going Beyond the Visible in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Defence Mechanisms and their Associations with Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life
Overview Clinical psychological features may impact a person’s aptitude to deal with chronic diseases, leading to emotional distress, suffering, and a wors…
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Prevention of Common Mental Disorders
Overview This article provides information on how to prevent common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety disorders. The concept of resilience wa…
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Psychological Distress during the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment
Mental health is determined by social, biological, and cultural factors and is sensitive to life transitions. We examine how psychosocial working conditions, so…
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Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Psychotherapy: Processes of Meaning Making and Self Transformation
MS is a central nervous system disease which is characterised by demyelination, inflammation and neurodegeneration. There are about 2.2 million cases of MS wor…
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In-Hospital Mortality Following Traumatic Injury in South Africa
Overview Trauma is a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We aimed to quantify the in-hospital trauma mortality rate in Pietermaritzburg, Sou…
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Relationship between dental experiences, oral hygiene education and self-reported oral hygiene behaviour
Overview Many preventive approaches in dentistry aim to improve oral health through behavioural instruction or intervention concerning oral health behaviou…
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Cognitive function in patients undergoing cystectomy for bladder cancer – results from a prospective observational study.
Overview Impaired cognitive function of bladder cancer patients plays a role in coping with the kind of urinary diversion and may impact perioperative morbidi…
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Role of organizational psychology in dealing with human resources and the performance of the organization
Organizational psychology focuses mainly on taking care of corporate interests and the needs of employees. This seeks to provide a better life and better condit…
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Do personal resilience, coping styles, and social support prevent future psychological distress when experiencing workplace bullying? Evidence from a 1-year prospective study.
Overview Although previous studies have identified that workplace bullying causes serious mental health problems to the victims, it is not yet fully investig…
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Gaining a Better Understanding of the Types of Organizational Culture to Manage Suffering at Work
Overview Organizational culture is a central concept in research due to its importance in organizational functioning and suffering of employees. To better…
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The digital-era Industrial/Organisational Psychologist: Employers view of key service roles, skills and attributes
Overview The nature of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s technology-driven work and business profoundly alters the foundational assumptions upon which indust…
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Effective Treatment Interventions for Patients with a Diagnosed Anxiety Disorder
Overview The aim of this study is to review evidence of treatment interventions for patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Anxiety is a condition in which…
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Expression beyond Words: An Analysis of Human Figure Drawing of Children and Adolescents with ADHD
Overview Children’s' drawing are good indicators of emotion, self- esteem and social competence, as well as other personality aspects. Children in the phas…
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Substance Use Among University Students in South Africa: implications for prevention
Substance use is an important public health concern in many countries across the globe. Among the public, institutions of higher learning have developed a reput…
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Loneliness, Ageism, and Mental Health: The buffering role of resilience in seniors
Ageism and loneliness are two relevant public health phenomena because of their negative impact on the senior's mental health. With the increase in average life…
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Childhood Adverse Events and the Long-Term Effects on Mental Health
There has long been an association between family history and mental illness; however, recently researchers have focused on the correlation between childhood ad…
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Five-Minute Cognitive Test as A New Quick Screening of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly
Overview As old population is dramatically growing, the detection of early cognitive deficit will become increasingly crucial. Effective cognitive screenin…
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Exercise Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care: An overview of the evidence and recommendations for implementation
Overview The poor physical health of people with mental illness has long been established. A 15–20-year mortality gap arises from factors such as the like…
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Tree of Life: A Tool for Therapeutic Growth
Overview This paper presents a review of the Tree of Life (ToL) – a strengths-based tool rooted in narrative therapy – as an intervention for children and…
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Blood-brain barrier pathology in patients with severe mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of biomarkers in case-control studies
Overview Blood-brain barrier (BBB) pathology may be associated with mental disorders. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to identify, eval…
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Negative stereotypes as motivated justifications for moral exclusion
Overview : This article investigated the connection between moral exclusion of outgroups and on the one hand, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), and social dom…
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The psychosocial impact of surgical complications on the operating surgeon: A scoping review
Overview Surgical complications are common, and their management is an integral part of surgical care. The impact on the surgeon, the “second victim” is signi…
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Helping the Surgeon Recover: Peer-to-Peer Coaching after Bile Duct Injury
Overview Bile duct injury sustained during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality and can be a devastating complication…
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Dentist Job Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Overview Because of the heterogeneous nature of the evidence regarding dentists’ job satisfaction, an overview was necessary to examine dentists’ level of…
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The role of the dentist in the diagnosis and management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
Overview The objective of this article is to review the role of the dentist in the early diagnosis of pediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and to provi…
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Occupational health practices among dental care professionals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Overview The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a substantial burden on dental care professionals. While dentistry is known as one of the most exposed and high-risk…
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Exploring the Contexts, Mechanisms and Outcomes of a Dental Anxiety Service in Norway: A Realist Evaluation
Overview Torture, abuse and dental phobia are often precursors to developing a pathological relationship with dental care due to elevated anxiety and the risk…
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Pain Management through Neurocognitive Therapeutic Exercises in Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
Overview The hypermobile type of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is likely the most common hereditary disorder of connective tissue mainly characterized by join…
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Applying machine learning on health record data from general practitioners to predict suicidality
Overview Suicidal behaviour is difficult to detect in the general practice. Machine learning (ML) algorithms using routinely collected data might support Gene…
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The Effects of a Recollection-Based Occupational Therapy Program of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview : Considering the high socio-economic costs related to the increasing number of dementia patients and their poor quality of life and that of their…
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Psychometric properties of the Care Dependency Scale in stroke survivors in Indonesian hospitals
Overview : This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indonesian version of the Care Dependency Scale (CDS) among stroke survivors. T…
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Development and psychometric evaluation of nurses and midwives’ perceptions of their roles in primary healthcare
Overview : This study aimed to develop Nurses and Midwives’ Perceptions of their Roles in Primary Healthcare (NMPR-PHC) and evaluate its psychometric propertie…
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Viral Pneumonia Part 2
Overview The reported incidence of viral pneumonia (see the image below) has increased during the past decade. In part, this apparent increase simply reflects…
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Viral Pneumonia Part 1
Overview The reported incidence of viral pneumonia (see the image below) has increased during the past decade. In part, this apparent increase simply reflects…
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Factors Associated with Dental Fear and Anxiety in Children Aged 7 to 9 Years
Overview Dental fear and anxiety (DFA) is one of the major challenges in pediatric dentistry. The prevalence is estimated to approximately 9%. Using the ch…
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