Psycho Social Aspects of Tribal Unwed Mothers

PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LEPROSY l

A smog of ignorance, fear, myth, and superstition surrounds the problem of leprosy. This often reduces the chances for early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and frequently affects the patient’s own mental attitude so as to sharply restrict his chances for ever resuming a useful, creative life. The present article describes these psycho-social implications and cites a number of ways in w...

Marriage among unwed mothers: whites, blacks and Hispanics compared.

CONTEXT Much of the debate over welfare reauthorization centers on whether marriage promotion should play a key role. Few studies, however, have tracked the marriage and divorce histories of unwed mothers, including minority women, who are often the main targets of welfare reform. METHODS Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth were used to estimate the hazards of the transition t...

Biological psychological and social determinants of old age: bio-psycho-social aspects of human aging.

The aging of humans is a physiological and dynamic process ongoing with time. In accordance with most gerontologists' assertions it starts in the fourth decade of life and leads to death. The process of human aging is complex and individualized, occurs in the biological, psychological and social sphere. Biological aging is characterized by progressive age-changes in metabolism and physicochemic...

Psycho-Social Medicine

PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT IN SITUATIONS OF MASS EMERGENCY European Policy Pa\per concerning different aspects of psycho-social support for people inv\olved in major accidents and disasters

categories can be helpful in analysing the psycho-social needs, although it is recognised that people affected by a ME can belong to different categories at the same time (a person can be both hospitalised and a relative of somebody deceased). It is also recognised that using a classification system that relates to the degree of physical injury is not the only method that could be used, and tha...