Researchers and practitioners are concerned with a range of inter-related factors that impact on the mental health of refugees, including the traumatic events (TEs) of conflict, conditions of post-migration adversity, and the broader psychosocial disruptions that these societies have experienced. ...
Since 1992, October 10th has been designatedWorld Mental Health Day. The initial campaign was organized by the World Federation for Mental Health, an internationally-focussed NGO that seeks to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disor...
They were off on one of their regular jaunts with Thames21 (me) and are led (herded) by Trevor, who works with Age UK and the Blue Ribbon Foundation, a charity supporting men’s health awareness. This time we wanted to walk the Ravensbourne from its source to Downham, which is a sub...
“He’s not going to be defeated by a bunch of mental health workers saying he’s crazy,” says Frances. “The way to defeat him is political.” Unlike all the emphatic people who were “grieving openly about the terrible loss of life and threat of racism” after C...
Keywords: sexual satisfaction; sexual abstinence; partner status; mental health; prison inmates 1. Introduction More than 10 million people are living in jails and prisons worldwide [1], and considerably larger numbers of ex-prisoners are living in society [2]. A high prevalence of mental ...
Background: Mental illness in parents impairs their parenting capability, which has a lifelong detrimental impact on their children’s physical and psychological health. In the current Indian context, due to weak social security nets, family is the only
“…even public facilities are there, but they are not well integrated, they are separate; the ones that I have seen personally, mental health is separate so it comes with stigma, so when a young person and my friend saw me go that direction, they would ask me whether I’m crazy and...
There were also significant racial/ethnic differences across indicators of healthcare access. Compared to White participants, a greater percentage of Black and MCS participants reported a high school or lower education level and lived in households near the Federal Poverty Level. MCS Latinos were more...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Article Didgeridoo Health Promotion Method Improves Mood, Mental Stress, and Stability of Autonomic Nervous System Suni Lee 1, Shoko Yamamoto 1, Naoko Kumagai-Takei 1, Nagisa Sada 1,2, Kei Yoshitome 1, Yasumitsu Nishimura 1, ...