These articles were timely discussions on the treatment of mental diseases. Physicians with psychiatric interest will find many valuable materials in the series of the papers. Attempts are being made from time to time to apply the knowledge and techniques of psycho-analysis in various modified methods for the treatment of psychotics particularly in mental hospitals. In this book some of the pap...

Mechanics are exposed to varied work stressors such as hot noisy environments, strenuous postures, improperly designed tools and machinery and poor psycho-social environments which may exert an influence on their health and safety. The study aimed to examine the occupational injury patterns and identify work stressors associated with injury amongst automobile mechanics. A descriptive ergonomic ...

AT THE END of the 1950's two books appeared, the first by 1 Wolpe (1958), a psychiatrist practising in South Africa, and the second, two years later, edited by Eysenck (1960) professor of psychology at the Maudsley Hospital. These books, publicizing for the first time the possibility of treating the neuroses on a basis of scientific discovery and experimentation, aroused considerable enthusiasm...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to examine the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention program combining pelvic floor muscle exercise with bladder training for urinary incontinence and also to conduct follow-up assessment after self-training. METHODS This study was conducted using a non-equivalent control group, pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 60 middle-aged women (contr...

BACKGROUND The high prevalence and potential side effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) misuse by athletes has made it a major public health concern. Epidemiological studies on the abuse of such drugs are mandatory for developing effective preventive drug control programs in sports community. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of AAS abuse and their association with some psy...

Psycho-oncology, as a subspecialty deals with the psychosocial, behavioral, spiritual, and existential dimensions of patients with cancer and their families. Over the past quarter century, psychooncology has contributed integrative principles in cancer care (Holland, 2002). As it has been recently shown for the subspecialty of psychosomatic medicine (Gitlin et al, 2004), psycho-oncology has als...

In the late twentieth century, the bio-psycho-social framework emerged as a powerful influence on the conceptualisation and delivery of health and rehabilitation services including social work services in these fields. The bio-psycho-social framework is built on a systems view of health and well-being ( Garland and Howard, 2009). The systems perspective encourages medical and allied health prof...

1. This conference on visual perception is in the land of Rene Descartes, who gave the first clear statement of the mind-body problem, and of Alain Aspect, the physicist whose recent experiments (to be discussed) cast doubt on an objective world that exists without being observed. It seems entirely appropriate to honor and connect the contributions of these two Frenchmen. 2. This particular ses...