Objectives: From the psychological point of view, coping strategies and attitudes have considerable effects on people’s tendency towards risky behavior, including opioid substance abuse. Dysfunctional attitudes are attitudes and beliefs that predispose the individual toward depression and psychological disorder, generally speaking. Usually, people use three types of coping strategies when...

OBJECTIVE Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression. METHOD In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in Germany involving adults of German nationality (n = 5025). RESULTS Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects ...

providing efficient programme to promote urban landscape is considered as one of the most significant element of development in developed cities. the significance will become more considerable in edges of megacities where a lot of environmental, social, and economic issues are evident. this article is trying to deal with the importance of landscape control in relation with a neighborhood by sug...

This study used archival data to examine how White, Black, and biracial Black/White people respond to implicit attitude feedback suggesting that they harbor racial bias that does not align with their self-reported attitudes. The results suggested that people are generally defensive in response to feedback indicating that their implicit attitudes differ from their explicit attitudes. Among monor...

This study examined whether students' attitudes about community health practice, attitudes toward people who are indigent and homeless, and perceived leadership skills changed after participation in a planned interdisciplinary community health experience with an urban homeless or formerly homeless population. Data were collected from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, an...

Global changes in eating attitudes were examined prospectively across pregnancy and 4 months postpartum in a sample of 90 women. In addition, specific changes in dieting behavior and weight/shape satisfaction were assessed at 4 months postpartum for concurrent and retrospective time points. Measures included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and weight/shape satisfaction in pregnancy and at 4 mon...

Purpose: The knowledge, attitudes and practice among inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu Division was examined to provide objective information on sparganosis infection. Hence, the study was carried out. Methods: The study was conducted among the inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu Division, Monduli District, Tanzania from January to April 2012. Inhabitants were informed about the objective of the study and invite...

People who inject drugs are highly stigmatised. Discriminatory experiences are commonly reported, particularly in health care settings. This article evaluates an online stigma reduction training module targeting health providers working with people who inject drugs. A total of 139 participants completed a pre- and post-survey including attitude items and items depicting hypothetical scenarios a...

Background. Knowledge and attitudes are required for relatives of people with epilepsy to allow them to better understand and cope with this condition. This study evaluated the knowledge and attitudes of family members of people with epilepsy about the disease. Methods. This cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire completed by close family members of people ...