Christian faith-based youth work: systematic narrative review

Do FAITH-BASED PRISONS WoRK?

This Article examines everything we know about the effectiveness of fa~th-based prisons, which is not very much. Most studies cannot be taken seriously because they are tainted by the "self-selection problem. " It is hard to determine the effect of faith-based prison programs because they are voluntary, and volunteers are more likely to be motivated to change and are therefore already less like...

Christian Faith as a Way of Life

the Holy Father goes out of his way to praise the many positive contributions to human self-understanding made by philosophers who presuppose a split between faith and reason. For more on Fides et Ratio , see my “Fides et Ratio: A ‘Radical’ Vision of Intellectual Inquiry,” pp. 13-31 in Alice Ramos and Marie George, eds., Faith, Scholarship and Culture in the 21st Century (American Maritain Asso...

Why Systematic Review rather than Narrative Review?

rative reviews have been significantly increasing in most psychiatric journals in the world alongside " Psychiatry Investigation (PI) ". Since the launch of the " PI " at March 2004, there have been a number of review articles; indeed 54 papers were published as format of regular review papers or special articles in the " PI " from 2004 to 2014. However, of the 54 papers, only one review paper ...

Declining Participation in Christian Youth

Malignancy and Granulomatosis: Causality or Coincidence? Narrative Systematic Review

In patients with malignancy, the common etiologies of granuloma formation are tumor related sarcoid reaction, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and other granulomatous diseases. Often, the finding of granulomas in malignant patients may obscure the primary malignancy or may mislead towards treatment of infectious and other etiologies. Hence, their proper recognition and necessary follow up is needed to...