Psychosocial Issues in Rehabilitation: Bringing the Unconscious to Consciousness

The Use of Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health Issues

Mental rehabilitation can include a range of disabling conditions, from severe and enduring psychotic or bipolar disorders to more transient affective disorders. The concept of rehabilitation reflects the concept of disability. If the concept of mental illness is viewed as a mechanism for social control, then we can say that one of the most powerful aspects of the medicalization of the individu...

Psychosocial Issues ‌of Retirement in Iran: ‌A Qualitative Study

Objectives‏: Retirement as a potential challenge transition in aging has different‏ effects on elderly people’s lives. The purpose of this study ‏was to identify the psychosocial consequences, obstacles, and facilitators of retirement. Methods ‏&Materials‏: The conventional content analysis method was used in this study. Samples were based‏ on‏ maximum diversity and purposeful sampling strateg...

Health issues in the Arab American community. The psychosocial rehabilitation approach in treating torture survivors.

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy: bringing the issues to light.

In this issue of The Journal of Nutrition, Bodnar et al. (1) provide compelling evidence that 1) pregnant women and their neonates living in the northern U.S. are at risk of vitamin D deficiency, 2) this problem is worse for blacks than whites, 3) seasonal variation contributes little to vitamin D status among black women and their neonates, and 4) current formulations of prenatal vitamin suppl...

Bringing global issues to medical teaching.

THE LANCET • Vol 358 • November 3, 2001 1539 Globalisation is accelerating and is forcing us all to realise that we cannot isolate ourselves from international issues. For many, the true meaning of globalisation hit home very acutely after the terrorist attacks in the USA on Sept 11. The interconnectedness of the world and the implications it has for all became very real. The health sector, too...