associatedwith anincreasedriskof affective disorder.This studyexamines the extenttowhich adult socio-economic disadvantage and illhealth contribute to this risk. Sampleswere drawn fromthe 1958 National Child Development Study. Relative to a comparison group, mild learningdisability at age11was associated with elevatedrates of depressive symptoms throughout adult life, and carried a six-fold ris...

Introduction: Research in the area of health has been traditionally dominated by quantitative research. However, the complexity of illhealth, which is socially constructed by individuals, health personnel and health authorities have motivated the search for other forms to approach knowledge. Aim: To discuss the complementarities of qualitative and quantitative research methods in the generation...

Alcohol plays a part in the deaths of 7,000 Australians and costs the nation more than $A7 billion every year. It contributes to countless motor vehicle, maritime and workplace accidents and instances of domestic violence and malicious damage. Cases of depression and suicide have been attributed to the misuse of alcohol. There have also been some recent worrying developments. Binge drinking has...

• Human nutrition is a complex, multifaceted scientifi c domain indicating how substances in foods provide essential nourishment for the maintenance of life. • To understand, study, research, and practice nutrition, a holistic integrated approach from molecular to societal level is needed. • Optimal, balanced nutrition is a major determinant of health. It can be used to promote health and well-...

Consisting of two cross-sectional studies, the present study investigated whether psychological flexibility mediates the relations between self-concealment and negative psychological outcomes. Study 1 examined whether psychological flexibility mediates the relations between self-concealment and emotional distress in stressful interpersonal situations. In addition to replicating results of Study...

Permissible Purposes: Section 5(3) of the Act states that: A project licence shall not be granted for any programme of work unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is undertaken for one or more of the following purposes– (a) the prevention (whether by the testing of any product or otherwise) or the diagnosis or treatment of disease, illhealth or abnormality, or their effects, in man,...

Mental and behavioral disorders account for about one third of the world's disability caused by all ill health among adults, with unipolar depressive disorders set to be the world's number one cause of illhealth and premature death in 2030, affecting high- and low-income countries. There is a range of evidence-based cost-effective interventions that can be implemented in parenting, at schools, ...

Poverty can breed ill-health and illhealth can keep people poor, obviously, but not enough is known about how this works specifically. Adam Wagstaff, lead economist at the World Bank, shows how the existing literature brings to light three points in particular (pp. 97–105). First, publicly financed health care fails to reach the poor in almost all developing countries. Second, inequalities in h...

Child health during and after violent conflicts has been a priority for both policymakers and academics, as illhealth in early life can be impossible to make up for in later life, and has important effects on education and adult wages. In order for policy interventions to mitigate health impacts, it is essential to understand the channels through which conflict impacts on child health. This bri...