INTRODUCTION Doctors are vulnerable to psychiatric morbidity as a result of their busy schedules and multiple role obligations. Yet, they often don't admit they have mental health problems nor are they readily subjected to mental health evaluation by their colleagues due to fear of labeling and general stigma. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of doctors in the service of University of Ilorin ...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy brings about many changes in a woman's life in somatic, psychological and social spheres. Therefore, many women decide to participate in childbirth education classes. The aim of study was to determine the differences in emotional distress between women who participated in childbirth education classes and these who did not. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy first-time mothers a...

Background: Psychological morbidity in children and adolescents is high. The present study was done to assess the level of perceived stress psychological morbidities among secondary school students. Methods: A cross-sectional on 311 adolescent students 9th 10th classes two government private schools Hubli city, Karnataka. validated culturally adapted version 12-item general health questionnaire...

The aim of this population-based study is to analyze the association loneliness and physical health, pain, health-related quality life, mental cognitive performance, morbidity, use health services. Based on census, a stratified random sampling was chosen. A telephone interview conducted with 2,060 people over 65 years old, using GHQ-12 COOP-Wonca. An General Mental Health (GHQ-12) found, OR = 1...

Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure to verify the effectiveness of therapy in substance use disorders (SUD). In this cross-sectional, multicenter study QoL has been measured in 1057 heroin dependents attending SerDs (“Servizi per le Dipendenze”, Italian National Health System Services for Addictions) and has been correlated with demographic variables and drug treatment. QoL has been m...

INTRODUCTION In order to improve our understanding of how to approach the younger generation around Chernobyl, we screened mental health status among young adults born after the accident living in the Gomel region, Belarus. MATERIAL AND METHODS We enrolled 697 medical students who were born after the accident. Participants were asked to answer self-administered questionnaires including the Ge...