STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate predictors of childhood lower respiratory tract illness in two generations, and predictors of adult lower respiratory disorders in the first generation. DESIGN Data on respiratory health and environmental factors from a national birth cohort study were examined from birth to 36 years. Data were also collected on the parents of the subjects and on the...

Experiences of traumatic events in childhood have been shown to have long-term consequences for health in adulthood. With data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey we take a life course perspective of cumulative disadvantage and examine the potential role of mental health and socioeconomic status in adulthood as multiple mediators of the link between childhood trauma and chronic illne...

Mothers often express intense stress and uncertainty when their children develop acute childhood illnesses and it is important for healthcare professionals to consider maternal uncertainty when providing support for mothers. This study aimed to examine maternal uncertainty about children’s hospitalization due to acute childhood illnesses. We recruited 15 Japanese mothers of children aged 1 12 m...

bipolar disorder is a mental disease that can be presented as irritable mood with affective storms, mixed symptoms of depression and mania, rapid cycles, emotional labiality and irritability during all episodes. â confirmed positive familial history of the disease is the single most robust risk factor for developing the illness. this report presents 5.5 years-old girl with the symptoms of bipol...

INTRODUCTION: It is crucial to educate childhood cancer patients (CCPs) about their illness and motivate them for treatment side-effects management. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the design, development pilot evaluation of proposed serious game intervention wit

Every year, nearly 11 million children die before reaching their fifth birthday. In response to this challenge,WHO and UNICEF in the early 1990s developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), a strategy designed to reduce child mortality and morbidity in developing countries.The approach focuses on the major causes of deaths in children through improving case management skills of ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies in bipolar disorder investigating childhood trauma and clinical presentations of the illness have mainly focused on physical and sexual abuse. Our aim was to explore further the relationship between childhood trauma and disease characteristics in bipolar disorder to determine which clinical characteristics were most strongly associated with childhood trauma total sco...