Loneliness is a discomfort occurring at the cognitive level by having the self-validated opinion of being solitary. It’s also a highly subjective feeling of having a deficit in social connections and negative thoughts [1]. Usually the feeling of loneliness will be underpinned by factors such as...
This article emerges from a scoping review of over two decades of relevant literature on immigrants’ access to mental health services in Canada. Key online databases were searched to explore the gaps and opportunities for improving access to mental health services using a review framework provided b...
Interestingly for long periods from the 1990's the whole of the Vanni together with other areas in northeast under LTTE control were called 'uncleared' (meaning not under state control) areas by the state. Adangapattu district is again mentioned as the residence of Paranda Vanniyan in Colonial...
Besides instilling a sense of belonging and integration with mainstream society, this also seems to enhance a person's sense of identity and meaning. The family as a unit seems to help the individual assume the identity of a care provider, presenting a fresh dimension to th...
Consequently, when she wants to express a similar meaning in German, the Dutch combinations might interfere, which could lead to language transfer such as the speaker saying gute kontaktuelle Eigenschaften instead of a more conventional expression in German such as gute Kommunikationsfähigkeiten. ...
The rates of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder were between three and four times higher among Tamil asylum seekers in Australia than the rates of these problems among immigrants [63,64], and Ziaian and colleagues found that young refugees had increased risk of depressive sympt...
When a person is done injustice [meaning violence] then the victim person loses his mental balance. He takes a lot of tension and sometimes behaves like a mad person. And if she is a woman then she doesn't bathe, doesn't comb her hair, and is not taking care of anything in the fam...
Psychiatrically, "trauma" has assumed a different meaning and refers to an experience that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking, which often results in lasting mental and physical effects. Psychiatric trauma, or emotional harm, is essentially a normal response to an extreme event. It ...
The rates of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder were between three and four times higher among Tamil asylum seekers in Australia than the rates of these problems among immigrants [63,64], and Ziaian and colleagues found that young refugees had increased risk of depressive sympt...
Participants were asked about how mental health and illness are understood and conceptualised, along with the cultural meaning of mental illness and its manifestations in relation to men, women and young people. Design Using a community-based participatory research design, in partnership with local ...