BACKGROUND People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) continue to face persistent and deep rooted social barriers. Incidentally, studies in social determinants of depression are very limited, necessitating this study, which examined social determinants of depression and the impact of these determinants on depression. METHODS This was a hospital based, cross sectional descriptive study of three hundr...

Previous research has documented that body dissatisfaction is positively related to social anxiety. However, little known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. Based on person-environment interaction theory, study aimed examine chain mediation effect of feeling inferiority family cohesion in relationship between anxiety among adolescents whether process was mod...

Abstract Introduction Studies have highlighted the detrimental impact of family conflict and beneficial effects cohesion on insomnia. Given Latinx cultural value familism, which emphasizes centrality close, warm relationships, quality relationships may be an especially important risk or protective factor insomnia among Latinas. Additionally, a high adherence to marianismo, constellation female ...

BACKGROUND Patients with parkinsonism exhibit motor symptoms, cognitive impairment, and neuropsychiatric changes, and these symptoms increase caregiver burden. Family dynamics can be influenced by the presence of comorbidities, which is especially important in diseases causing caregiver burden. We investigated the effects of spousal parkinsonism on family functioning and communication. METHOD...

A reduction in academic achievement over the course of adolescence has been observed. School failure is characterized by difficulties to teaching school goals. A variety of other behavioral problems are often associated with school failure. Child-to-parent violence has been associated with different school problems. The main objective of current study was to examine the contribution of family v...

The study aimed at finding out the relationship of family environment to schizophrenia, affective disorders and neurosis in comparison to control group matched on socio-economic status in a North Indian Sample. 600 subjects-150 schizophrenic patients, 150 patients with affective disorders, 150 neurotics, diagnosed according to ICD-9, were studied. Results (one way ANOVA) revealed that there exi...

Social cohesion, the foundation that keeps society together, is influenced by various inter-related factors such as education social, cultural, religious, and business, among others. Current debates indicates unless social cohesion in its dimensions addressed, be it through reconciliation, tackling inequality, crafting a national identity, or bridging rural-urban divides, implementation of any ...

BACKGROUND Adolescent depression is a prevalent mental health problem, which can have a major impact on family cohesion. In such circumstances, excessive use of the Internet by adolescents may exacerbate family conflict and lack of cohesion. The current study aims to explore these patterns within an intervention study for depressed adolescents. METHOD The current study draws upon data collect...