OBJECTIVES to analyze changes in psychotic vulnerability following the implementation of a program of prison psychiatric treatment, recidivism after the release and various descriptive variables of criminological interest. MATERIALS AND METHODS review of a sample consisting of 50 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia admitted to the Prison Psychiatric Hospital of Seville. RESULTS there was ...

objectives: early maladaptive schemas are valid representations of unpleasant childhood experiences that shape a person’s viewpoints of the world, and lead to clinical symptoms such as depression, personality disorders, and substance abuse. given the importance of this matter, we conducted a research on early maladaptive schemas in substance-abusers, to allow more appropriate preventive measure...

This article discusses 3 different strategies for dealing with the harmful consequences of drug use and other risky behaviors: We can discourage people from engaging in the behavior (prevalence reduction), we can encourage people to reduce the frequency or extent of the behavior (quantity reduction), or we can try to reduce the harmful consequences of the behavior when it occurs (harm reduction...

With great interest, we read the recent paper [1] “Does the diabetic foot have a significant impact on selected psychological or social characteristics of patients with diabetesmellitus?”.The authors aimed to compare selected psychological and social characteristics betweendiabetic patientswith andwithout the diabetic foot (DF).They have concluded that patients withDF had a predominantly worse ...

human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a public health challenge facing both developing and developed nations. although injecting drug use is even the main route of hiv transmission in iran, sexual route is rising gradually. vulnerable women have been considered as important bridging population for driving hiv epidemics. to increase the access to vulnerable women, in 2007, 5 pilot centers were e...

Robert T. Carter, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Jessica M. Forsyth, MA, Ed.M., Doctoral Candidate, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University Bryant Williams, MA, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University Silvia L. Mazzula, MA, NCC, L...

This study investigates 122 people's descriptions of their self-harm experiences using thematic analysis. Analysis revealed four themes: What counts as self-harm, What leads to self-harm, Intentions and Managing stigma. Our participants challenged commonly accepted understandings in terms of method, outcome and intentions. Several difficulties associated with discriminating between suicidal and...

Studies suggest that self-harm users found it easier to discuss self-harm-related thoughts and behaviors using social media than in the physical world. Given the enormous and increasing volume of social media data, on-line self-harm content is likely to be buried rapidly by other normal content. To enable voices of self-harm users to be heard, it is important to distinguish self-harm content fr...

Self-harm is a high-risk behaviour that mainly occurs in youths as response to psychological burdens. Its prevalence increases during psychologically demanding situations, under the influence of stress, within specific social groups (e.g., minorities) or have some mental conditions. The study concentrates on self-harming (aged from 15 25, AM = 19.32 years) and investigates presence clinical cat...

technology and target group Anxiety and depression are two conditions that affect a large percentage of the population. Anxiety refers to an intensive sense of apprehension and distress associated with anticipated danger or harm. The symptoms are distinguished by having both physical and psychological characteristics. Anxiety disorders refer to multiple anxiety symptoms that present concurrentl...