Aftercare and rehabilitation services are as important as any other aspect of treatment of major mental disorders. Most centers in developed countries have well organised Aftercare programmes in their community as well as hospital based mental health centers. In India though rehabilitation programmes are offered, they are very few and quite inadequate. That there is a need for developing rehabi...

Immersive media environments assist in solving the realworld issues of presenting multimodal information and of responding to user reactions, such as with patients during stroke rehabilitation therapy. Embedding media in the experience creates a new perspective for both the therapist and the patient. It is in this perspective that creative implementation of the arts within technology flourishes...

As a consequence of Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, many members of the Canadian Forces have experienced debilitating injuries. Despite the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) having outstanding relationships with many civilian care providers for the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, it became apparent early on that the high-level goals and aspirations of these returning so...

Approximately 53 million Americans live with a disability. For decades, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been conducting and supporting research to discover new ways to minimize disability and enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. After the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, NIH established the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, with ...

BACKGROUND Falls in older adults are a significant public health issue. Interventions have been developed and proven effective to reduce falls in older adults, but these programs typically last several months and can be resource intensive. Virtual rehabilitation technologies may offer a solution to bring these programs to scale. Off-the-shelf and custom exergames have demonstrated to be a feasi...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The disability associated with maternal common mental disorders (CMDs) is among the possible explanations for the association between chronic childhood malnutrition and CMDs. CMDs may impair the mother's ability to perform her role, particularly in deprived environments. The present study aimed to evaluate whether disability relating to CMDs could be part of the pathway of...

iv CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis Organization 5 Literature Cited 5 CHAPTER 2. A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF AVIAN 8 POPULATION TRENDS FROM WILDLIFE REHABILITATION SUBMISSIONS Abstract 8 Introduction 9 Materials and Methods 11 Results 13 Discussion 19 Acknowledgements 24 Literature Cited 24 CHAPTER 3. WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTERS IN 27 DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING Abstra...

The period of inability to work after acute myocardial infarction was examined in follow-up studies. Without organized rehabilitation, 7.5% of patients past myocardial infarction returned to work after 6 months. After early mobilization in the hospital and intensive follow-up treatment in a rehabilitation center, 18% of the patients returned to work within 6 months. After the establishment of c...

Considering work-related complaints as a public health problem, the current study aimed to analyze the frequency of musculoskeletal complaints and the association between their occurrence and severity and anthropometric and work variables. The sample included 146 women from a social rehabilitation center who answered a validated questionnaire with anthropometric data and history of work-related...