The negotiations on the SDG goals and targets, leading to the sustainable development Declaration in September 2015, are now in the final stages. Ensuring that people with mental disorders are not left behind in the global development program from 2015 to 2030 will require specific and explicit commitments and targets against which progress in mental health can be measured and reported. The arg...

Leprosy is a skin disease that accounts for serious deformities and disabilities, leading to stigmatization and psychosocial suffering. It is included in "The Neglected Tropical Diseases". Not surprisingly, its management is increasingly reported as a function of Dermatology Departments, with a strong community-orientated bias. Prompt and accurate diagnosis of leprosy is crucial in the control ...

Climate change is now recognised as contributing to an increasing number of emergencies globally, which are having substantial effects on mental health and wellbeing affected populations. In this report, we give case studies psychosocial support (MHPSS) activities linked climate change-related in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Zimbabwe. The range from floods cyclone...

Abstract Global mental health, as a field, has focused on both increasing access to health services and promoting human rights. Amidst many successes in engaging with addressing various rights violations affecting individuals living psychosocial disabilities, one challenge remains under-discussed: involuntary inpatient admission for psychiatric care. ought engage proactively the debate ethics o...

This article reports on a multi-method impact evaluation of a therapeutic summer camp program for children and youth with learning disabilities and related psychosocial problems. The study examines the degree to which program objectives were achieved through a pre-camp, post-camp, follow-up design using a series of standardized instruments, camp evaluations, and interviews with parents. The res...

This paper presents an alternat i ve approach to research in learning disabilities among adolescents and young adults. The author proposes that low achieving adolescents l abeled 11 learning disabled .. can and should play a role in research efforts in which they are involved. While much research focuses on educational interventions following basic research formats, research described in this p...

The United Nations' draft Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) only briefly mention mental health. In the context of a growing burden of disease due to mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities, the inclusion of a clear mental health target and indicators in the SDGs will acknowledge the needs and rights of hundreds of millions of people. It will mobilise international funding and policy d...

Introduction: Disability may be a consequence of deformations or developmental failures or the result of functional damages or traumatic effects of the posture or motion systems. There are also "social factors" that contribute to its definition, as the everyday life of the disabled is getting worst due mainly to the existing situation. The integration of these persons into the society should be...

Introduction: The condition that appears in patients who have had a stroke is cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment can worsen the of so it slow down recovery process and high risk disability. This study aims to analyze correlation between level disability post-stroke patients. Methods: uses correlational analytical design with cross sectional technique population 70 participants sampling ...

(2011). Psychosocial aspects of physical and fitness in special-population minority middle school children. Special-population research predicting physical activity (PA) and fitness with minority middle school children from at-risk environments is rare. Hence, the purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the ability of important social cognitive and environment-based measures to predict PA ...