disabilitycognitive deteriorationlesion locationfollow-up strokedepressionrisk factorsMyanmar as a country in South-East Asia is vulnerable to disasters including storms, floods, fire, earth fall, earthquakes, depending on the geographical nature and climate of the area. The National Health Committee (...
Focuses on psychosocial rehabilitation in resource-constrained lower- and middle-income countries. Provides a platform for various stakeholders to publish, share perspectives, spread awareness, and lobby for changes for the empowerment of persons with a psychiatric disability. Publishes original research pap...
In a population of 31 million [1], approximately 10% of Ghanaians live with a mental health condition or psychosocial, intellectual, and/or cognitive disability [2], and most are unable to access mental health care. Ghana has three public psychiatric hospitals with 1322 beds [3, 4], all ...
Perceptions of the value of work for people with severe and enduring mental health problems have changed frequently over the last two decades. With the new social inclusion agenda manifest in the Disability Discrimination Act and in the NHS modernization agenda, work is once again in vogue. There...
Predictive value of life events, psychosocial factors and self-rated health on disability in an elderly rural French population Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to stressful life events and a variety of psychosocial factors are related to different health outcomes in the e... A Grand,P Gr...
Hatton, C. (2002) `Psychosocial Interventions for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems: A Review', Journal of Mental Health, 11 (4): 357-73.Hatton C. Psychosocial interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems: a review. J Mental ...
Developmental disorders and substance use disorders Measures to assess and monitor recovery, rehabilitation needs of patients and family members Barriers to successful rehabilitation, recovery-oriented interventions, legal issues in rehabilitation Measures to combat stigma Disability and welfare measures Novel re...
E., Garner, R. E., Brehaut, J. C., Miller, A. R., & Klassen, A. F. (2009). The health and psychosocial functioning of caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 31 , 607–618. : 10.1080/08916930802354948 ....
Mental health issues are a common cause of psychosocial distress in men over the age of 55, and are a common cause of disability due to problems of disturbance of mood, substance use issues, and cognitive difficulties. The physician's ongoing relationship with the older male patient is highly...
Multiple studies have implicated poor mental health and somatisation (a tendency to worry about the common somatic symptoms) in the incidence and chronicity of musculoskeletal pain and associated disability. Also important are adverse beliefs about the prognosis of such disorders, and about the role ...