social cognition is defined as the capacity to generate, perceive and interpret and responses to the dispositions, intentions and behaviors of other people. it includes different specific cognitive processes that underlie social interactions. four domains of social cognition are named theory of mind (also known as mentalizing), emotion recognition, social perception and attributional style. anx...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether obesity is associated with a variety of psychiatric outcomes after taking into account physical health conditions. METHODS Data came from the public use dataset of the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2 (age 15 years and older, N=36,984). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition psychiatric diagnoses of major depressive disor...

OBJECTIVE This article examines social and occupational disability associated with several DSM-IV mental disorders in a group of adult primary care outpatients. METHOD The subjects were 1,001 primary care patients (aged 18-70 years) in a large health maintenance organization. Data on each patient's sociodemographic characteristics and functional disability, including scores on the Sheehan Dis...

BACKGROUND Approximately one in ten children aged 5-15 in Britain has a conduct, hyperactivity or emotional disorder. METHODS The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (BCAMHS) identified children aged 5-15 with a psychiatric disorder, and their use of health, education and social care services. Service costs were estimated for each child and weighted to estimate the overall econ...

When faced with child-related challenges associated with autism spectrum disorder, positive and negative social exchanges may be critical to parents' psychological well-being. This study examined the types and sources of positive and negative social exchanges reported by mothers and fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder and their association with parental depressive symptoms in 176 ...

SOCIAL WORKERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT TREATINGCHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERby ANGELAH DAWN GOMEZMay 2011Advisor: Dr. Arlene WeiszMajor: Community Practice and Social ActionDegree: Master of Social Work The current research seeks to understand how social work students and social workprofessionals increase their knowledge about AD/H...

thalassemia major is a genetic blood disorder that is detected by the symptoms of chronic and severe anemia, failure to thrive, an enlarged liver and spleen, bone deformities particularlya deformed face and bulging forehead. due to changes in physical appearance, the disease can influence on other aspects of the patient's life, so the disease could strongly impact on the mental health of t...

several investigations demonstrated that anxiety is the most common mental health disorder worldwide affected about one in 13 people. anxiety disorders are more commonly reported in western societies but it is also a main health problem in non-western countries as stress and anxiety levels have drastically increased over the last two decades. several wars in middle eastern countries in the last...

human beings have always experienced disasters. a disaster may be brief,but its psychological effects may last for many years. these psychological effects are increasingly well documented.disasters affect not only those immediately involved, but also those whoknow the victims. this is perhaps particularly so when the victims arechildren. commonly when adults hear news of disasters they ask firs...