Varavikova MD, MPH, PhD, in The New Public Health (Third Edition), 2014 Mental Health Mental health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, copes with the normal stresses of life, works ...
In the past few decades there has been a steady growth of research and knowledge on the nature and treatment of child and youthmental disorders. This chapter addresses the classification of child and adolescentmental healthdisorders in the recently published 5th edition of theDiagnostic and Statistica...
Based on the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) we defined “chronic pain” as a pain lasting longer than 3 months, accompanied by important emotional distress or physical disability [3,42]. We included studies that discussed any type of chronic pain (chronic ...
Although psychological violence has been recognized as harmful for more than three decades, the understanding of psychological violence as a traumatic event has been absent. This might be partly due to our understanding of what constitutes a trauma [9]. The first criterion of PTSD, Criterion A, ...
2,3 They are defined according to individual signs and symptoms and with degrees of severity detailed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) (DSM-5),2 as well as in the World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11...
Psychology & Psychiatry Confronting the problem of suicide: Social stigma, common warning signs, what to do when someone needs help In 2022, nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide, making it the 11th leading cause of death in the country—and the second leading cause of death among people ...
Tickborne Diseases of the United States - A Reference Manual for Health Care Providers, Fourth Edition, 2017 - (CDC) Types of Fungal Diseases - (CDC) Histoplasmosis - "Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Histoplasma. The fungus lives in the environment, particularly in soil...
Stress Stress: A state of psychological tension or strain. Health psychology: A subfield of psychology concerned with the relationship between psychological factors and physical health and illness. Sources of stress Stressor: Any environmental demand that creats a state of tension or threat and require...
The World Health Organization [5] has included burnout as a syndrome in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and has identified it as one of the main psychosocial risks in the workplace. Globally, between 11% and 51% of healthcare workers show severe sig...
Daniel W. McNeil, in Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (Second Edition), 2022 9.16.5.4.3 School-Based Care For rural children, school-based mental healthcare has become an increasingly important avenue for delivering psychological treatment. Fewer than half of rural counties have a mental health ...