Theories about dreams have shaped our thinking about mind-body unity and the influence of thought on the body. In this article, the authors review the sparse literature regarding the use of hypnosis with children's dreams and nightmares, summarize how hypnotically induced dreams have been used to resolve psychological symptoms, and note five themes in the literature worthy of further investigat...

background: ethical values offer a framework for behavior assessment, and nursing values influence nurses’ goals, strategies,and actions. a literature review was adopted in order to determine and define ethical values for nurses. materials and methods: this literature review was conducted based on the centre for reviews and dissemination guidelines. the key words used to search relevant sources...

conclusions polypharmacy as an independent variable has been linked to falls in older people, however there appears to be a stronger link between falls and the type of medications taken (e.g. medications known to increase risk of falls), rather than polypharmacy on its own. polypharmacy can sometimes be therapeutic and it may be more beneficial to consider terms such as ‘inappropriate prescribi...

General drug toxicity has long been a concern of physicians. Recently, there has been increasing concern about the psychological side effects of drugs. This paper reviews the literature on psychological side effects of those drugs which have been most studied in recent years. It also includes a section reviewing the literature on miscellaneous drugs associated with psychological symptoms. This ...

Current cancer conceptualization and management focuses it as a chronic disease that could be directly modulated by psychosocial stressors. An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis and from the balance of his or her life, including health, mental states, identity, sexuality and financial standings. Moving within the theoretical frames of Psychooncology and Psycho...

The pervasive effects of cumulative harm resulting from adverse childhood experiences influence all aspects an individual’s life course. Research highlights a relationship between accumulation and trauma symptomology across domains risk. A systematic literature review was conducted to explore synthesize the current evidence base for contribution makes psychological physical injury trauma. searc...

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a polyethological disease. CSC one of the few eye diseases for which relationship between occurrence, course disease and patient psychosocial characteristics has been demonstrated including personality traits level external stress factors. Excessive stimulation such as stressful living conditions, exogenous factors personal predisposition can lead to CS...