Caring for persons affected with dementia is associated with substantial psychological strain as evidenced by high rates of psychiatric morbidity and high levels of caregiver strain. Dementia care in developing countries will continue to be provided by immediate family members at home and is unlikely to be taken over by institutions due to socio-cultural reasons. This study aims to examine the ...

This paper presents evaluation data for an interactive software program designed to provide family carers with information, advice and psychological support by way of feedback of their coping capacity. The multimedia program consists of an information-based package that provides carers with advice on health promotion and relaxation and offers them a range of coping strategies (for example, posi...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the moderating effects of various coping strategies on the association between stressors and the prevalence of major depression in the general population. METHODS Subjects from the Alberta buy-in component of the 1994-1995 National Population Health Survey (NPHS) were included in the analysis (n = 1039). Each subject was asked 8 questions about coping strategies that de...

BACKGROUND An exclusive focus on individual or family coping strategies may be inadequate for people whose major point of concern may be collective healing on a more communal level. METHODS To our knowledge, the current study is the first to make use of ethnographic fieldwork methods to investigate this type of coping as a process in a natural setting over time. Participant observation was em...

Over the past 30 years, the lion’s share of research on stress and coping has focused almost exclusively on the coping efforts used by individuals, describing types or modes of coping strategies and their effects on physical and mental health outcomes. Major life stressors do not limit their influence to individuals but instead spread out like crabgrass to affect the lives of others in the indi...

Title of Thesis: THE PREVALENCE AND ROLE OF AVOIDANCE COPING METHODS FOR LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES. Tiffani Debra Stevenson, Master of Science, 2009 Thesis Directed by: Associate Professor Leigh A. Leslie Department of Family Science Current research concerning Latinos in the United States has indicated that they are at a higher risk for mental illness (e.g., PTSD) than other racial/ethnic g...

objectives: one of the principle of mental health programs is burden and coping of caregivers of chronically mental disorders patients. in this regard, the aim of present study was to measure the amount of burden and relationship between burden and their coping strategies of caregivers. methods: one hundred of main caregivers of patients (50 schizophrenic patients, 50 bipolar patients) from bot...

This descriptive study was designed to appraise the prevalence of death anxiety and its correlates among older adult. It conducted on 150 elderly residents district Sargodha, who were chosen through multistage sampling. Interview Schedule, Death Anxiety Scale-15, Coping Style Scale used as instruments. The findings indicated a pervasive elderly. majority reported moderate level slightly less th...

BACKGROUND The effects of depression on the immune system are well known. Recently, depression as a consequence of an immune disorder has received increased research attention. Here, we test the hypothesis that the depression-immunity association is a buffer zone between external stimuli, defence mechanisms, and intrinsic determinants. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Five hundred and forty-nine patients...