Claims for false imprisonment may be brought in various ways under federal or state law. An individual who has been wrongfully incarcerated may sue under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a violation of his or her constitutional rights. The individual may also sue under state tort law, making claims for the traditional torts of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, or abuse of process. Furthermore, man...

Article history: Received date: 28 July, 2016 Review date: 7 August, 2016 Accepted date:25 August 2016 Printed online: 1 September Purpose: The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of group hope therapy on the time horizon and Optimism of divorced women aged between 25 to 40 years old in Tehran who referred to counseling centers. Materials and method: 30 ...

The comorbidity of eating disorders, particularly those characterized by binge eating and/or purging, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been fairly well established. This association has been more frequently investigated among women. However, a recent investigation in a U.S. nationally representative sample found that 39.81% of women and 66% of men with a lifetime diagnosis of bulimi...

To refl ect its contemporary focus, Maternity Center Association recently changed its name to Childbirth Connection. Childbirth Connection continues the national not-for-profi t organization ’ s 88-year role as a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families and focus on improving the quality of maternity care, by promoting evidencebased maternity care. This commentary summarizes r...

This Issue of LJPC shows how writing, painting, the arts and stories can reveal different, complementary aspects of health. Together they can build up rich pictures that are invisible to any one expression and different from the insights gained from facts and statistics about diseases. They can do more than reveal aspects of health; they can improve it. Claire Brash interviewed Stephen Bergman,...

NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and its Recent Guidance for Intrapartum Care The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent organization with legal status as a Special Health Authority to the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales. Its purpose is to develop guidance regarding quality and cost-e¡ectiveness of clinic...