issues in geropsychiatric and mental health of older adults

... gender, ethnicity and income [8] Older adults are more likely to engage in PA of lower intensity, such as walking, gardening, riding a bicycle, or playing golf rather than running, doing aerobics ... disability and maintains independent living In addition, older adults who expend larger amounts of energy daily (walking, gardening and exercise) are more likely to have optimal function in their ... like a number of other lifestyle interventions, holds the promise of better mental health outcomes for older adults Such an intervention has the advantage of being safe and inexpensive and produces...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... environmental -health threats to coal miners in terms of the “frame” of numbers of coal miners, the health of miners appears to be diminishing That is, coal mine deaths, per thousand coal-mine employees ... public health of poor and minorities is getting worse and may point to crucial inequities in society A later case study will examine allegations of greater numbers of environmentally-induced health ... miners in terms of the “frame” of tons of coal mined, the health of miners appears to be improving That is, coal-mine deaths, per ton of coal mined, have been decreasing since 1950 in the US However,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... field of clinical and epidemiological research on mental health, namely Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health (www.cpementalhealth.com) Literature on mental health focuses, inter ... Dewey, M E and M J Prince 2005 Mental Health. ” In: A Börsch-Supan and H Jürges (eds.) Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe ... children affect the mental health of the elderly In view of decreasing fertility rates in Europe, this determinant of mental health is of special importance, as we might expect mental health to deteriorate...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... personnel trained in aging and aging professionals trained in mental health can affect access to and provision of appropriate services Mental Health and Aging Most older adults enjoy good mental health, ... great deal of work to In recognition of the importance of assuring mental health for older Americans, a reprint of the chapter of the Surgeon General’s report on mental health and older adults has ... Report is presented Older Adults and Mental Health: Issues and Opportunities identifies some exciting initiatives and formidable challenges in the field of mental health and aging Above all, this...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... attending GP surgeries, and 60% of those living in residential institutions are reported to have ‘poor mental health (UK Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-being in Later Life 2006) A decline in ... ‘Things to do, places to go’ Promoting mental health and wellbeing in later life – a report for the UK inquiry into mental health and well-being in later life London: Age Concern England UK Inquiry ... Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-being in Later Life (2006) Promoting mental health and wellbeing in later life London: Age Concern and Mental Health Foundation Available from: www.snpearstesting.org/consensusfinal.pdf...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... importance of self-reported physical and mental health status and the five life domains in explaining global QOL in Table Relationships between self-reported physical and mental health status and depressive ... Hemingway D: Health and other aspects of the quality of life of older people Soc Indic Res 2001, 54:239-274 Michalos AC, Thommasen HV, Read R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD: Determinants of health and ... validity and the relevance of distinguishing between adolescents’ self-reports of their physical and mental health status The findings suggest that, relative to one another, self-reported mental health...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... investigating mental health issues among male cleaning professionals represents an interesting area of study The HSCL-25 was chosen as the primary index of mental health distress in the present study ... physicians' ratings of emotional distress [41] and is considered to be a satisfactory indicator of mental health The chosen cut-off of 1.75 is identical to standards used in previous workplace and population ... fraction of women employed in the cleaning profession Thus, our findings may provide more favourable results for working conditions and mental health than can be expected in the cleaning sector...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... satisfaction and mental health (r = 0.39), job satisfaction and physical health/ well-being (r = 0.36), mental and physical health/ well-being (r = 0.37), and workplace stress and mental strain (r = ... working time, BMI, nor physically and mentally strenuous work, workplace stress, level of decision-making, and job insecurity were associated with work ability When examining the pattern of correlations ... their physical health and wellbeing and 21.9% had HSCL-25 scores equal to or above cut-off of 1.55 Continuous physically or mentally strenuous work was reported by 8.5% and 9.9% of the sample,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... 2009, hundreds of thousands of Ugandans remained in displacement camps throughout the North and, in eastern Congo, the LRA rebels and joint Ugandan-Congolese troops were engaged in armed skirmishes ... for the criteria for symptoms of PTSD and depression using two cut-off points: symptoms of PTSD (cutoff score of 44) and depression (cutoff score of 42) The two cut-off scores are chosen because ... disorder and depression amongst internally displaced persons in northern Uganda BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:38 Vinck P: In the Eyes of Victims: Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda., in International...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... Lung Disease (CLD) Index [29,30] This is a 6-item instrument that includes items relating to frequency and intensity of dyspnea and wheeze and frequency of coughing and volume of sputum production ... Smoking, air pollution, and bronchitis in Britain Lancet 1970, i:853-857 French CT, Fletcher KE, Irwin RS: Gender Differences in HealthRelated Quality of Life in Patients Complaining of Chronic Cough ... to be contacted, and 160 refused further participation in the study Telephone interviews investigated self-reported health status (including asthma and COPD), smoking status and demographic variables...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... Addiction, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 2Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia Depok, Indonesia 3Division of Mental Health and Addiction, ... improvement of the economic conditions in the IDPs areas (which were in the main island of Ambon) after the peace condition resumed in 2005 Being the location of the offices of the provincial government, ... Saparua Islands A: Kayeli village in Buru Island B: Ambon city in Ambon Island C: Booi village in Saparua Island Turnip et al Conflict and Health 2010, 4:14 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/14...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009, 3:18 Adolescents in Europe, Australia and the US were attributed a pattern of binge drinking with frequent alcohol intoxication in several ... contribute to the understanding of alcohol- and mental health problems developing in adolescence 12 Competing interests 13 10 11 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions ... adulthood [18,55] Alcohol intoxication in adolescence may indicate an independent risk for later mental health problems [56] In accordance with the present findings and substantial international research,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... difficulty of considering communities as complex entities and, also, of dealing with the dynamic time component involved in the development of mental health outcomes Mental health and migration ... individuals of varying age, ranging from young children to adults Mental health information of children of sawmill workers was gathered from the provincial administrative health data The Canadian health ... paternal mental health diagnosis and Caucasian origins (compared to Chinese and Sikh) were associated with greater odds of mental health diagnosis among the children These findings may explain in part...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... process/intervention fidelity in this way In the following sections, we discuss considerations of equity in relation to the review findings; the applicability of the findings in other settings; and ... the participating mothers (see Coutinho, 2005; Agrasada, 2005) Training of the LHWs varied in terms of intensity and content For studies implemented in high incomes countries training varied from ... on TB, primary health care and community development principles This training was conducted by a nurse and two LHW trainers In Zwarenstein (2000), five mornings of interactive health promotion...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... partners [2-8] Since husbands play a pivotal role in decisionmaking within the home, and are often the main bread winners, establishing their buy -in and support for PMTCT activities and interventions ... different definitions of male involvement in PMTCT are used in different studies resulting in difficulties when comparing data between these studies Determining a consensus definition of male involvement ... Africa” And the grouped terms“ PMTCT and partners”; “VCT and acceptability in PMTCT”; “barriers and/ or factors”;“ Male involvement in PMTCT”; “Male involvement in reproductive health Screening and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... psychologists interested in maximizing the health and well-being of older adults (Lawton et al 1980, 1984; Krause, 1996); and by sociologists and social epidemiologists interested in identifying environmental ... symptoms in older adults and that the greater the percentage of elderly people in the neighborhood, the better the mental health of an older individual Variation in access to services did not explain ... Neighborhoods and the Health of the Elderly: Challenges in Using National Survey Data Jeannette A Rogowski University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Vicki A Freedman University of Medicine and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... counsellors and mental health advisors report increasing numbers of clients and an increase in the severity of the problems that trouble them Some of this increased demand is a result of the unprecedented ... continuity of care between home and university and back again 12 National Health Service providers of mental healthcare are urged to recognise and respond to the particular mental health needs of ... confirmed in a study of undergraduates in Aberdeen (MacCall et al, 2001), where 50% of men and 34% of women exceeded sensible drinking limits, 11.5% of men and 5.2% of women were drinking at hazardous...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:20

... how they increase or decrease risk and vulnerability to health and mental health problems Mental Health and Acculturation of Latina/o Hispanics There are increasing amounts of data pertaining to ... psychosocial and sociocultural influences, not traditionally thought of as being part of a disease (Kleinman, 1988) The lack of understanding of this difference hampered the understanding of the role of ... by Amado Padilla The passage of the Bilingual Education Act and the initiation of the Office of Bilingual Education and of Project Follow Through in the U.S Office of Education made research funds...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 00:21

... effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% of the effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, ... physical and mental dimension of quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:1 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of ... when interpreting and generalizing the current findings in other populations as the present sample consisted of mainly Chinese female (78.2%) teachers Previous studies show that the experience of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20