BACKGROUND Lithuania currently has the highest suicide rate in Europe and the fifth highest worldwide. AIMS To identify the factors that influence the suicide intervention skills of emergency medical services (EMS) providers (doctors, nurses, paramedics). METHOD Two hundred and sixty-eight EMS providers participated in the research. The EMS providers were surveyed both prior to their traini...

In commenting in considerable detail on the four main articles in the special section on stress and coping, the author comes to two main conclusions: First, there is an increasing amount of high quality research on stress and coping that suggests the field is finally maturing, and this research may help reduce the long-standing gap between research and clinical practice. Second, this research i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a multifaceted, school-based intervention on inner city youth at high risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to determine whether the addition of coping skills training (CST) and health coaching improves outcomes. METHOD 198 students in New Haven, CT at risk for T2DM (BMI>85th percentile and family history of diabetes) were randomized by school to an ...

Stress as an integral part of every person's life, especially during adolescence can cause unpleasant effects. Therefore, this study is conducted in order to measure the efficacy of the training on learning coping skills.In a semi-experimental study, pre-university female students of Ilam (Iran) evaluated during the academic year 20102011. A multistage cluster random sampling was used to select...

OBJECTIVE The number of older patients with chronic schizophrenia is increasing. There is a need for empirically validated psychotherapy interventions for these patients. Cognitive behavioral social skills training teaches cognitive and behavioral coping techniques, social functioning skills, problem solving, and compensatory aids for neurocognitive impairments. The authors compared treatment a...

Objective: This study aimed to determine variables associated (predictors and correlates) with the learning of assessment and supportive skills in the context of a communication skills training for medical residents. Methods: Learning was measured by comparing residents’ communication skills in a simulated consultation before and after a communication skills training. Communication skills were ...

objectives: since problem solving group training is a comprehensive, active program and based-on cognitive behavioral approach, the aim of present study was to determine the effectiveness of problem solving therapy on depression and coping style in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. methods: in an experimental design the study was done with pretest-posttest with control group. totally 30 f...

The Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET) (Bodenmann, 1997a; 2000b) is based both upon stress and coping theory and research on couples. In addition to traditional elements of couples programs (e.g., communication and problem solving skills), CCET also addresses individual and dyadic coping in promoting marital satisfaction and reducing marital distress. CCET enjoys good consumer acceptanc...