Gold nanorods coated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), a cationic micellar surfactant used in nanorod synthesis, were rapidly and irreversibly internalized by KB cells via a nonspecific uptake mechanism. Internalized nanorods near the cell surface were monitored by two-photon luminescence (TPL) microscopy and observed to migrate toward the nucleus with a quadratic rate of diffusion. T...

Investigating the relationship between boredom, internalized shame and metacognitive beliefs on emotional regulation in women affected by marital infidelity

The needs for an Indonesian version of a tool to measure internalized HIV stigma are identified. This study aims evaluate the reliability Sayles Internalized Stigma Scale and correlation each subscale. A cross-sectional preliminary involving purposively sampled 20 persons infected with in Bali, Indonesia was conducted. internal consistency examined through Cronbach’s α item-total correlation. M...

Background: A high percentage of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are either suffer from self inflicted disorders or from misinterpretation about their own health and organ integrity and or may suffer from different skin sensations including itching, pain, and burning; all of which may develop as a result of their underlying psychopathologies. Objective: Identification of underlyin...

Internalized racism (IR) is sometimes conceptualized as a form of racism, psychological response to experiencing and/or an external sociocultural process. However, while growing body work shows that IR associated with adverse health among racial minorities, this limited in explaining association. I present integrated framework using the Stigma-induced Identity Threat Model and Minority Stress T...

This research was conducted as an experiment-control experimental study which aimed to determine the effectiveness of a psychoeducation program prepared to reduce internalized stigmatization. The study included 47 patients (24 experimental, 23 control) who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At the end of the psychoeducation program, a significant decrease was observed in the total ISSMI ...

Goal The goal of this study was to explore the impact of self-stigma on the treatment outcomes in patients with anxiety disorders and to find possible mediators of this relationship. Method Two hundred and nine patients with anxiety disorders, who were hospitalized in a psychotherapeutic department, attended the study. The average age was 39.2±12.4 years; two-thirds were women. Most of the pa...

Validated brief screening instruments are needed to improve the detection of anxiety disorders in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), a 41-item parent- and self-reported scale measuring anxiety, was compared to the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) scales. One hundred participants with a clinical diagnosis of ...

BACKGROUND Self-stigmatization is a step-by-step process during which the person uncritically accepts the societal negative evaluation and applies it to himself. Relation between self-stigma and suicidality in neurotic disorders is not known. The aim of our study was to find connection between self-stigma and the level of suicidality in neurotic spectrum disorders. METHOD It was a cross-secti...