1. The promotion of personal protective health practices must take into account background perceptions of risk and psychological responses in the community-at-large. 2. Population psycho-behavioural factors in Hong Kong and Singapore are shown to be an important potential vector for the transmission of an infectious agent. 3. Comparative psycho-behavioural surveillance and analysis can yield im...

Based on the example of psycho-education project for PKU (Phenylketonuria), patients and carers in Pomerania region (Poland), could draw general conclusion: for the improvement of patients well-being, not only medical care, but also psychological knowledge and skills are very important. Some psychological skills are crucial to cope efficiently with the disease and patients and carers should be ...

OBJECTIVES Propofol has virtually replaced other agents for induction of anesthesia in the ambulatory setting because of its favorable recovery profile. Psycho-mimetic effects, common after use of ketamine, are not so well known for propofol. We present two case reports where patients had two spectrum of abnormal psychological outbreaks after propofol anesthesia. CASE REPORTS Two healthy youn...

A decade of large-scale, cross-sectional, and longitudinal research on adolescents has provided a wealth of information concerning the personality and psychosocial correlates of adolescent drug abuse. However, relatively little is known about psychophysiological factors related to drug abuse. This chapter outlines a rationale for the psycho-physiological investigation of psychoactive substance ...

To investigate the effectiveness of Psycho-education on Quality of life (QOL) among People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). A convenience sample of 120 people living with HIV/AIDS between the age of 20-40 years who have low QOL score in HAT-QOL scale were selected and divided into experimental and control group after initial scrutiny. Experimental group was given psycho-education and control group...