modern medical knowledge, with all of its attendant psychological dilemmas, how many of us have truly attempted to understand how "normal" people respond to the emotional stresses of growing up, growing older, being sick, and the continuum along which psychological health evolves into "illness"?
Ways to optimize understanding health related information: the patients' perspective. Self-management of chronic illness is a high priority health care need of community dwelling elderly. Effective patient provider health communication related to health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management ...
Suicidal ideation refers to thoughts of engaging in behaviors to end one’s life, which is a manifestation of mental illness and is critical to individual and societal well-being (Li et al.,2012). Compared to the well-publicized suicide death, a more alarming fact is that a much larger nu...
However, American/Black and Latino PLWH’s perspectives on systemic barriers have rarely been documented, a gap the present study addresses. The public health system in the United States has mobilized to support the engagement of PLWH along the HIV care continuum. Federal government investment in ...
In particular, history of sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental illness in a household member, and having a household member who was incarcerated were specifically linked to TBI risk [30]. Although more research is needed, a history of ACEs is linked to negative mental health outcomes in ...
Since antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) are likely to be in contact with food, their transmission has been associated with several foodborne illness outbreaks4. This transmission is expected to be more damaging since it points towards the spread of AMR in the continuum5. Dissemination of AMR ...
Investments in resources for mental health and well-being span the continuum—from mental healthcare for those experiencing clinical symptoms to well-being support tools and programs to promote healthy behaviors and mitigate sources of stress. On the higher-acuity end of the continuum, providi...
‘new wave’ insisted that these veterans were suffering from “Post-Vietnam syndrome,” a consequence of their wartime trauma. The ‘old guard’ would have none of it. They insisted that war does not cause mental illness — unless the soldier had a preexisting psychological problem or ...
Moreover, in response to improvements in state and local public health infrastructures, along with innovative and targeted outreach and treatment efforts informed by a robust research program, rates of engagement along the HIV care continuum have increased [1]. Of the estimated 1 million individuals...
“safe sex” became a topic introduced to most high schoolers in health education courses, so too was—for the first time in any sanctioned capacity—the implication of homosexuality. High-profile efforts such as AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and...