background. in the medical sense, stigma has been defined as the collection of negative attitudes and beliefs that are directed at people living with a particular condition or disease process. a cohort study was conducted to explore the hiv stigma that is perceived by hiv positive individuals versus that perceived by the general population within a community based dental clinic. methods. two se...

Depression is a devastating disorder, affecting approximately 17 million persons within the United States. The manifestation of depressive phenomena is a complex, dynamic, biopsychosocial process involving lifespan and cultural aspects. Unless appropriately treated, depression persists over time having a significant negative effect on life and increasing the risk of suicide. Psychiatric mental ...

Introduction: This paper aims to examine the (1) level of positive mental health (PMH), (2) identify socio-demographic correlates PMH domains in general population, and (3) establish if employment status moderates relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) among those with a lifetime prevalence MDD. Methods: The Singapore Mental Health Study conducted 2016 2018 included residents aged...

BACKGROUND Positive mental health (PMH) is much more than the absence of mental illnesses. For example, PMH explains that to be happy or resilient can drive us to live a full life, giving us a perception of well-being and robustness against everyday problems. Moreover, PMH can help people to avoid risky behaviours like tobacco consumption (TC). Our hypothesis was that PMH is negatively associat...

one of the most important issues in today&rsquos; urban world is increasing use of cars and its noise pollution, which is now one of the most important affecting pollutants on health and quality of lives of residents in urban areas. noise pollution effects on various aspects of human and the community health as well as the high cost of treatment, thus more studies in this field is needed. hence...

BACKGROUND Women who used cocaine during pregnancy may become at risk for increased physical and mental health problems. METHODS Three hundred and twenty-one (158 cocaine use during pregnancy (PC), 163 no cocaine (NC)) women were assessed using the Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36V2) 10 years after infant birth. Factors related to mental and physical health, and co-occurring with PC, were e...

background: the lack of satisfaction and balance between the workload and abilities and limitations of individuals in various occupations may influence their general health. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of workload and job satisfaction on the general health of industrial workers.   materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional and correlational study on 215 workers of a...

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Abstract Suicidal ideation and behavior are common in those suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The present study investigated factors buffering the association between PTSD symptoms suicidal ideation/behavior. A total of 571 Iranian students 421 German took part investigation. Social support positive mental health (PMH) were considered as resilience moderating suicide ideation...

Nurses who work in acute inpatient psychiatry, where lengths of stay are increasingly shortened, struggle to establish therapeutic nurse-patient relationships. The purpose of this inquiry was to illuminate the nature of relationships between inpatient psychiatric mental health (PMH) nurses and their patients. The author used semistructured interviews and nonparticipant observation in an interpr...