Background: Infertility is deemed as a crisis, which typically involves both minor and major losses requiring different coping strategies to successfully adjust, adapt and preserve the emotional balance. Alternative ways has been recommended to cope with this problem in infertile couples. The present study was designed to examine the effect of collaborative counseling on problemfocused coping s...

PURPOSE For depressed older primary care patients, this study aimed to examine (a) characteristics associated with depression treatment preferences; (b) predictors of receiving preferred treatment; and (c) whether receiving preferred treatment predicted satisfaction and depression outcomes. DESIGN AND METHODS Data are from 1,602 depressed older primary care patients who participated in a mult...

We describe the development and implementation of a randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of genomic counseling on a cohort of patients with heart failure (HF) or hypertension (HTN), managed at a large academic medical center, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC). Our study is built upon the existing Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC®). OSUWMC...

This Article examines how a lawyer may handle conflicts that arise when counseling clients on bioethics issues. Through an exploration of three standard client counseling models authoritarian, client-centered and collaborative the author presents suggestions on how to handle a conflict between the lawyer’s own moral and religious values and the choices available to the client. The author sugges...

Background: Infertility is a global problem which affects interpersonal and social relationships and threatens marital life of infertile couples. Females with infertility experiences less marital satisfaction than infertile males. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the effect of collaborative infertility counseling on marital satisfaction in females with infertility, undergoing in-v...

Background: Infertility is a stressful event in infertile couples' life that can cause severe psychological problems. A variety of approaches has been suggested to manage stress in these couples. This study addressed the effect of collaborative counseling on perceived infertility-related stress in infertile women undergoing IVF in 2010 in Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this clini...

One of the goals guidance and counseling in elementary schools is to develop improve students' academic abilities achieve maximum learning abilities. Collaborative increase motivation read very rare schools, especially where class teachers handle many subjects. Guidance services can be integrated into thematic activities. The research objective was determine effectiveness collaborative between ...