Adapted mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) could be of benefit for people distressed by hearing voices. This paper presents a systematic review of studies exploring this possibility and we ask five questions: (1) Is trait mindfulness associated with reduced distress and disturbance in relation to hearing voices? (2) Are MBIs feasible for people distressed by hearing voices? (3) Are MBIs acc...

Most accounts of empathy acknowledge the importance of shared experience, but debate continues regarding the precise mechanism and necessity of similarity for an empathic response. The perception-action model posits that empathy and understanding are processed through observers’ own internal representations for states and situations, which increase in complexity with experience and produce more...

INTRODUCTION We compared the risk of diabetes for residents of Appalachian counties to that of residents of non-Appalachian counties after controlling for selected risk factors in states containing at least 1 Appalachian county. METHODS We combined Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2006 and 2007 and conducted a logistic regression analysis, with self-reported diabetes as th...

The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of support that infertile patients relied on when distressed, and the factors that prevented them from using psychosocial counselling. The sample consisted of 143 infertile patients (49 couples plus 45 additional women) who were in their mid-thirties and had been infertile for approximately 6 years. Before their clinic appointment, participan...

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 dramatically changed the payment environment for institutional providers of non-acute health services by mandating a shift in Medicare reimbursement of outpatient, home health, and skilled nursing services from the traditional cost-based approaches to prospective payment. Although they were designed to slow health care spending, these Medicare payment reforms, pa...

This paper discusses how optimal stopping theory can be used to determine the price that governments should pay for (distressed) assets in case these are nationalised. In addition, optimal stopping theory is used to indicate what the return on these assets to the tax payer might be, depending on different sell-back policies.

Financial distressed from a decade has become common condition for manufacturing companies of India. Many public sector have also witnessing poor financial health. This study examined the health eighteen selected which are further divided into four sectors as Metal, Sugar, Paper and Textile. The examination been performed by calculating Altman Z-score model year prior to distressed. And it foun...