obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, intrusive, unwanted thoughts. research indicates a genetic predisposition for ocd. many people with ocd have one or more family members who also have it or who may have other anxiety disorders influenced by the brain's serotonin levels, such as panic disorder. although ocd is a chronic and oftenti...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated long-term neurobehavioral outcome from childhood bacterial meningitis, with particular focus on the influence of acute neurologic complications and age at illness. METHODS This prospective, longitudinal study compared survivors of childhood bacterial meningitis (n = 109) with grade- and gender-matched controls (n = 96) selected from the target children's sch...

BACKGROUND Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is an effective 11-day standard training; however, due to budgetary expenses and human resource constraints, many health professionals cannot take 11 days off work. As a result, shortened training curriculums (6-day) have been proposed. We used a cross-sectional study to evaluate the effect of this shortened training on appropriate IM...

Mental health problems during pregnancy affect around 20% of mothers and may have lasting impacts on children’s health, cognitive socio-emotional skills, educational attainment, future labour market outcomes. We identify the causal effect mothers’ prenatal mental a range child psychological, Our methodology exploits shocks to that are induced by illness mother’s friends or relatives, whilst acc...

Experiences of childhood in colonial New Zealand are difficult to reconstruct from the historical record alone. Many those who came colony were illiterate, and Victorian tendency avoid discussion pregnancy breastfeeding practices restricts our understanding this important period. Bioarchaeological investigation, however, has potential illuminate life stories these first-generation Pākehā (Europ...

Diarrheal illness remains 1 of the top 5 causes of death in low-income and middle-income countries, especially for children <5 years of age. Introduction of universal childhood vaccination against rotaviruses has greatly reduced the incidence and severity of illness in upper-income and lower-income settings. For adults, norovirus is the leading cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of diarrheal...