PURPOSE OF REVIEW We review recent evidence regarding risk factors for childhood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and treatment outcome studies from 2010 to 2012 including dissemination studies, early intervention studies and studies involving preschool children. RECENT FINDINGS Recent large-scale epidemiological surveys confirm that PTSD occurs in a minority of children and young people ...

land is one of the most important effective factors in production in agricultural sector. existence of small owners units due to the lack of effective use of technology, machinery and agricultural production tools are restricting factors for profiting and yielding in agricultural sector. the purpose of this study was prioritizing the preventive factors of extension of land consolidation plan in...

the aim of this study was to show the interaction between the society, applicants and medical schools in terms of medical student selection. in this study, the trends to implement social factors in the selection process were highlighted. these social factors were explored through functionalism and conflict theories, each focusing on different categories of social factors. while functionalist th...

introduction in geography science and the related fields, grouping and classification of factors for heavy homogenous and non homogenous families is necessary. as a whole in total studies especially those of urban and rural, for better understanding of existing features, their reasons and olataining suitable results and finally providing the best approaches, the grouping of inputs and statistic...

background: as key determinants of many favorable health and quality of life outcomes, it is important to identify factors associated with mobility and social participation. although several investigations have been carried out on mobility, social participation and neighborhood environment, there is no clear integration of these results. this paper presents a scoping study protocol that aims to...

over the past years there has been a significant growth in corporate reporting of environmental,social and corporate governance (esg) factors. this study assesses whether esg ratings are related to firmperformance. through a multivariate analysis we have confirmed differences between the esg scores used toevaluate environmental, social and corporate governance factors of rated companies. we che...

Although asthma has emerged as a major contributor to disease and disability among US children, the burden of this disease is unevenly distributed within the population. This article provides a brief overview of social-status variables that predict variations in asthma risks and social exposures, such as stress and violence, that are emerging as important risk factors. The central focus of the ...