Inspite of repeated efforts by successive teams of Office Bearers of our IPS, due recognition by the IMC about the importance of Psychiatric and Psycho-social factors in both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education nothing much has been achieved. It is not advisable any longer to keep up our efforts in this regard at the same pace as we have been doing till now. It is now imperative fo...

patients with chronic low back pain (lbp) hold various knowledge, perceptions and beliefs about their pain which are based on prior learning and social conditions. since lbp is a bio- psycho-social phenomenon and there are not any reports about awareness and attitude of iranian patients’ views regarding it, this descriptive study was employed to earn this information p to apply its results in h...

This research offers a description and analysis of the relatively hidden practice self-injury: cutting, burning, branding, bone breaking. Drawing on over 150 in-depth interviews tens thousands website postings, e-mail communications, Internet groups, we challenge psycho-medical depiction this phenomenon discuss ways that contemporary sociological self-injury has evolved to images population, et...

Studies on animals and human subjects have proposed that urban pollutants may cause alterations of cortisol levels. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether police officers exposed to urban pollutants and possible psycho-social stressors could be at risk for alterations on plasma cortisol levels compared to a control group. Plasma cortisol levels were determined in 302 police officers with ...

In this paper, we present a framework for Experience Management (EM) which is populated with case-based assistant systems for EM. The framework follows the building block model of Probst et al [28] which has been developed as a guidance for knowledge management activities. We taylor the building blocks for the special needs of EM and discuss for each building block the support and automation op...

BACKGROUND Psycho-oncology in Korea was introduced among the circle of consultation-liaison psychiatrists, in the 1990s. For almost 25 years, the field has been developing at a steady pace as the psychosocial needs of patients with cancer continue to increase. In this study, we review the history of psycho-oncology in Korea, in a chronological order, within the domains of clinical practice, res...

Background A major impediment to addressing the epidemic of persistent pain conditions is the development of classification procedures that capture the mosaic of signs and symptoms that accompany these disorders. According to the bio-psycho-social model, the measurable features of an idiopathic pain condition such as temporomandibular disorder (TMD) are associated with abnormalities in sensory,...

The role of social capital in promoting health is now widely debated within international public health. In relation to HIV, the results of previous observational and cross-sectional studies have been mixed. In some settings it has been suggested that high levels of social capital and community cohesion might be protective and facilitate more effective collective responses to the epidemic. In o...

Work life quality can be evaluated scientifically by considering into account all the factors effecting directly or indirectly the working of the humanly. For system approach, beside the method used during the work; work place planning, design of all the production tools and devices, physical and psycho-social environment are the factors effecting work satisfaction. Beside the physical factors ...