OBJECTIVE To determine whether psychological distress associated with musculoskeletal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash (MVC), regardless of time of onset, impacts compensation outcomes such as claim settlement times and costs. Second, to identify factors routinely collected by insurance companies that contribute to psychological distress during the compensation process. DESIGN Stat...

BACKGROUND Many children can be exposed to multiple adversities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) placing them at potential risk of psychological problems. However, there is a paucity of research using large representative cohorts examining the psychological adjustment of children in school settings in these countries. Children's psychological adjustment has been shown to affect educat...

Objectives—The purpose of this study was to test whether psychological factors affect inflammation processes to an extent that increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and Results—We used data from 6396 civil servants (4453 men, 1943 women) from the Whitehall II Study, aged 35 to 55 years and free from clinically validated CHD at the start of the follow-up period. Two psychol...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to test whether psychological factors affect inflammation processes to an extent that increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS AND RESULTS We used data from 6396 civil servants (4453 men, 1943 women) from the Whitehall II Study, aged 35 to 55 years and free from clinically validated CHD at the start of the follow-up period. Two psycho...

background: exposure to job stress causes deleterious effects on physical and mental health of employees and productivity of organizations. objective: to study work-related stressors among employees of prisons of ilam, western iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted from july to october 2013, 177 employees of ilam prisons and security-corrective measures organization were enrolled i...

The focus of most previous research concerning tardive dyskinesia has been on the impact of risk factors on the development( incidence) of this syndrome. In this paper, we report our results on the relationship between risk factors and the severity of tardive dyskinesia. A total of 33 patients diagnosed as tardive dyskinesia with no other medical illness studied: 21 males and 12 females with a ...

The influence of individual-level factors such as pretraumatic risk and protective factors and the availability of unit-level and enterprise-level factors on psychological health outcomes have been previously considered individually, but have not been considered in tandem across the U.S. Military psychological health system. We use the existing literature on military psychological health to bui...

OBJECTIVE This psychological autopsy study investigates suicide risk factors of schizophrenic and depressive inpatients. METHODS 67 potential risk factors of inpatient suicide were identified by means of literature research and caregiver interviews of schizophrenic and depressive suicidents (1995-2004). The medical records of the suicidents (n = 20) were analysed in respect to the identified ...

introduction: in addition to the annual mortality rate, unintentional home injury may result in temporary or permanent disability and requires medical attention and continuous care in millions of children. this study aimed to explore features and risk factors of these injuries. methods: in this cross-sectional study, demographic variables and epidemiologic pattern of home injuries among childre...