Neurocysticercosis and Psycho-Social Trauma

Psycho-Social Medicine

PsYCHo-soCial eFFeCts oF trauMa 16 and ViolenCe: iMPliCations For interVention

This Chapter considers the particular nature and context of child traumatisation in South Africa, the documented psycho-social impacts of trauma and violence in South Africa and elsewhere, the factors that may increase or reduce the risk of adverse psycho-social consequences among children who have experienced trauma and violence, and the intervention approaches that have been advocated to assi...

The Theoretical Model of Criminal Social Identity: Psycho-social Perspective the Theoretical Model of Criminal Social Identity: Psycho-social Perspective

Individuals become criminals because of the presence of a persistent criminal identity which has its origin in processes of negative social comparisons carried out by individuals who have failed in their pro-social roles and have exhibited non-conforming behaviour, aggravated and compounded by contextual factors such as a dysfunctional family environment and/or the presence of criminal peers. D...

Psycho-social Study of Cigarette Smoking

The present study has been carried out to assess the smoking habit among medical students and its relationship to demographic, social and psychological characteristics. Prevalence of smoking was found to be 30.79% in 854 students who responded to the questionnaire adequately. Smoking habit was more common among student who were married hailed from rural areas and the intensity of smoking increa...

Psycho-social impact of orthogathic sugery

BACKGROUND Orthognathic surgery is a branch of maxillofacial surgery. It carries out the treatment of the facial skeleton asymmetries and deformities. The patients who ask for this surgery are often young people who usually refer symptoms related to dental malocclusion, difficulty eating and temporo-mandibular pain. These physical symptoms are often accompanied by psychological symptoms trigger...