Several risk factors have been associated with the increased risk of psychologic disorders in the children of mentally ill parents. The authors review known risk factors and especially environmental consequences of the parents'' illness on children. The direct influence on children of being involved ...
This paper estimates the life-cycle costs of housing for persons with mental illness using 5-year and 30-year holding periods and discount rates of 3.5, 5.75, and 8.0%. Life-cycle costs are between 5 and 7% higher in buildings occupied only by mentally ill tenants compared to buildings with...
For three years, she remained without vows—technically still a novice under the eccentric Tondini—yet she acted as a novice mistress, gathering the girls for spiritual conferences and assuring them that one day they all would become missionaries. That dream seemed more unattainable than ever, yet...
The quality of life experiences of the chronically mentally ill (CMI) have received increasing emphasis in outcome research in recent years. Despite considerable interest in the effects of gender and stage of adult life on quality of life (QOL) experiences in the general population, no attention ...
The present paper is part of a process-outcome study, using a repeated-measures design in the investigation of a community-based psychiatric day care service for long-term mentally ill individuals, based on occupational therapy. The aims were to investigate the properties of the quality of life ...
patients with chronic medical illnesses (CMIs) in the Bahamas###An evaluation of the burden of diabetes in Grenada###Burden of caregivers of adult patients with schizophrenia attending public health clinics in Jamaica###Landscaping employment services for the mentally ill###Short- term impact 来自 ...
If you have life insurance, you should choose a beneficiary who you wish to provide for financially. This could be a spouse, or it could include children, aging parents, or friends. Anyone who would be hurt financially after a death should be considered as a possible life insurance beneficiar...
maybe I wouldn’t have gone into debt trying to save my home. If I had been a better parent, maybe my teenager wouldn’t be mentally ill. If I had treated my body better, maybe I wouldn’t have nearly died. Fitness was all I had and now, I don’t even feel like I really have...
Renowned for his excellent guidance, he was instrumental in counseling the affluent and advocating for savings banks and mutual insurance societies. He was a deeply religious man and used to play the organ in his home parish of Salzano. He was great friends with the parish priest there, ...
In 2012, the Taiwan National Health Insurance Administration introduced a family palliative care consultation fee to encourage physician teams to communicate with families of terminally ill patients and discuss “do not resuscitate” (DNR) directives and palliative care. Within 24 h of a patient’s ...