BACKGROUND The impact of metabolic and reproductive features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) compromises psychological functioning. We investigated factors associated with negative psychological functioning to determine whether they were predictive of anxiety and depression in PCOS. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed by questionnaire in 177 women with PCOS (mean ± SD age 32.8 ±...

The associations between depressive symptoms and deliberate self-harm were studied by means of a 2-wave longitudinal design in a community sample of 1052 young adolescents, with longitudinal data for 83.6% of the sample. Evidence was found for a bidirectional relationship in girls, with depressive symptoms being a risk factor for increased self-harm one year later and self-harm a risk factor fo...

This study aimed to evaluate a brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) group intervention program aimed at improving body image in women called “Positive Bodies: Loving the Skin You’re In”. A sample of 20 women aged 17 to 54 years, who volunteered to participate in this program, completed a questionnaire at the commencement and cessation of the intervention. The questionnaires, which aimed to...

The purpose of this study is to examine the self-esteem, body image and eating attitudes of children who access a community child center and its gender differences, and to test a model linking children’s self-esteem and body-image to eating attitudes. This study employed a cross-sectional survey design. Participants were 153 children from low income families. The results show no significant dif...

1196 an embarrassing corrective lesson. The wrong-doings of the media are not as common as is often claimed. Scientific research is also an overwhelmingly honest profession. But both the media and scientists have misled the public on some important matters. And when it comes to uncovering fraud, freedom of the press and an editor who backs an investigative reporter can be superior to the mechan...