OBJECTIVE The authors examined the nature and prevalence of stalking behaviors, victims' coping responses, and the psychomedical impact of stalking on its victims. METHOD Widely accepted self-report measures, including the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and the Impact of Event Scale, were used to assess characteristics of the stalking history and its outcome in terms of general psychome...

background domestic violence appears to be a major social problem. researches in the last 10 years have uncovered multiple effects of witnessing domestic violence on children, ranging in severity from little or no effect to sever psychological harm. objectives this study aimed to measure the prevalence of exposure to domestic violence among high school students in tehran. materials and methods ...

INTRODUCTION Maternal mortality is a potentially preventable public health issue. Maternal morbidity is increasingly of interest to aid the reduction of maternal mortality. Obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are an important part of the global burden of maternal morbidity. Social determinants influence health outcomes of pregnant women. Additionally, intimate partner v...

background: elder abuse and neglect (ean) comprises emotional, financial, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect by other individuals, and self-neglect. elder abuse and neglect in seniors with psychiatric morbidity was not monitored in the czech republic at all, despite the literature shows mental morbidity as one of the important risk factor for developing elder abuse and neglect. methods: we des...

BACKGROUND Alcohol related violence continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. In particular, there is substantial evidence of an association between alcohol outlets and assault. However, because the specific geographic relationships between alcohol outlets and the distribution of violence remains obscured, it is important to identify the spatial linkages that may exist...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is one of the worst consequences of cultural, political, and socio-economic inequalities between men and women. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been identified as an important cause of morbidity from multiple mental, physical, sexual, and reproductive health outcomes. Nonetheless, the prevalence and related factors of this international problem have not bee...

BACKGROUND Thoracic trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In this study, we present our 11-year experience in the management and clinical outcome of 888 chest trauma cases as a result of blunt and penetrating injuries in our university hospital in Damascus, Syria. METHODS We reviewed files of 888 consequent cases of chest trauma between Januar...

Violence against women (VAW) is a major public health problem in the country. The problem is grossly under-reported. A number of factors have been blamed for crimes against women. An inefficient law enforcing machinery has often been targeted for the increasing number of cases being reported. There is little recognition that psychiatric morbidity can perpetuate such crimes. Of late, there appea...

Background Refugees living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa suffer unique hardships that may increase their vulnerability to interruptions in antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods To investigate refugees' experiences adhering to ART, we conducted inperson interviews with refugees on ART (n = 73) and HIV clinic staff (n = 4) in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in southwest Uganda from March to July 2...

In the United States and around the world, self-directed violence is a serious public health problem. Such violence includes acts of suicidal behavior (fatal and nonfatal attempts), suicidal ideation (thinking about, considering, or planning for suicide), and nonsuicidal, intentional self-harm (behaviors with the intention not to kill oneself, as in self­ mutilation). 2, 3 Fatal and nonfatal su...