Philistines' psycho-social characteristics

Psycho-Social Medicine

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...

Bio-psycho-social Characteristics of Asthma with Psychogenic Trigger, Emerging from Personal Experimental Studies

Like other multifactorial syndromes, the onset of bronchial asthma with psychogenic trigger (BAPT) is infl uenced by psychological stimuli, supplementary to organ-specifi c factors (allergens, viruses, bacteria, physical or chemical irritants etc.). Demonstration of psychogenic etiology was made by questionnaires applied to asthmatic patients, with respect to the stressing circumstances of asth...

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...