©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(2) Priest doctors As the stream of monks left their foundations at the dissolution of the monasteries in the mid-16th century, the society that surrounded them was profoundly affected. While some fought dramatically against closure – even losing their lives – the vast majority of monks went quietly, with pensions, into the sunset. No matter how we...

BACKGROUND Burnout syndrome is a highly prevalent disorder in a wide range of professional groups, and is associated with substantial psychophysiological alterations. Nevertheless, this syndrome has not been analyzed in depth among the clergy, a group which fulfils a fundamental social function and has to deal with numerous stressors that increase the risk of burnout onset. METHOD In the pres...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence and factors associated with allergic rhinitis (AR) in the priest and novices who came for treatment in Priest Hospital MATERIAL AND METHOD The retrospective study of 110 priests with allergic rhinitis was conducted between January 2006 to June 2007. Questionnaire about allergic history, eosinophile count, prick and intradermal skin test were done. RESULTS M...

of the process of growing old as it has been seen by twenty-four top-flight investigators. Each author presents the evidence from his own field of the slowing of physiological processes during the passage of time in all forms of life from plants, through protozoa and invertebrates, to mammals and man. Some attention is paid to personality and to psychological factors, as well as to the more obv...

The capacity for semantic memory-the ability to acquire and store knowledge of the world-is highly developed in the human brain. In particular, semantic memory assimilated through an auditory route may be a uniquely human capacity. One method of obtaining neurobiological insight into memory mechanisms is through the study of experts. In this work, we study a group of Hindu Vedic priests, whose ...

Among the general population, frontline workers have been identified to be at heightened risk for negative mental health consequences related COVID-19 Pandemic. Catholic priests, who minister approximately 30% of Canadians, in their role as workers, profoundly limited provision pastoral care due public restrictions. However, little is known about impact pandemic distress has on this largely und...