Public Awareness Campaigns About Depression and Suicide: A Review

Targeting stroke awareness public campaigns.

Targeting Stroke Awareness Public Campaigns To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Mosley et al1 as well as the letter by Chiti et al2 on the role of information campaigns in improving people awareness about stroke, and we wish to enter the debate by briefly reporting some of our unpublished data. In order to evaluate whether having experienced a stroke improves the recogniti...

Anxiety, Social Phobia, Depression, and Suicide among People Who Stutter; A Review Study

Background: Mental disorders in people who stutter are controversial among researchers. This review study aims to probe four common mental disorders, including anxiety, social phobia, depression, and suicide in people who stutter (PWS) as well as in people who do not stutter (PWNS). Materials and Methods: For the purpose of this review study, we searched 5 combined keywords, including stutter ...

PUBLIC MYTHS ABOUT SUICIDE People Often Commit Suicide Without Warning

Sometimes a Minor Event Can Lead an Otherwise Normal Person To Commit Suicide This belief may be stated by friends and/or relatives of the suicide who may worry that something they said or did pushed the suicide "over the edge", and in sensational news reports of suicide (e.g., rock lyrics, role-playing games such as Dungeons and DragonsTM). This view is not supported by research results. Gener...

Public Awareness about The Anaesthesiology Profession: A Conference Survey Of Campus People, Southwest Nigeria

Introduction: There exist very scanty literatures on public awareness on the anaesthesiology profession amongst the Nigerian populations. This study aims to determine the level of awareness of the anaesthesiology profession among a population of tertiary school students, academic and non-academic staff members who were attending a South-western Nigerian zonal conference. Methods: Data obtained...

Organ Donation Awareness: Rethinking Media Campaigns