Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder that appears in adolescence or early adulthood. The purpose of this study was to determine the role cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT reducing self-harm behavior individuals with BPD. subject 24-year-old female university student who had BPD symptpamans such as irritability, difficulty controlling emotions, self-harm, and frequent s...

| July 2015 | 715 different in Iran as compared with other countries.[7] The study reveals that there is an extensive conceptual and methodological gap in the census method and we should pay more attention to reduce the gap. The International Classification of Functioning disability and health (ICF) is a comprehensive population health measurement framework applied for the scientific standardiz...

The definition of disability had been unclear until the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health was promulgated in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Disability is a critical but relatively neglected public-health concern. We conducted this study to measure disabilities by using the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) and identify the factor...

BACKGROUND In humanitarian settings common mental disorders (depression, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder) are highly prevalent. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Problem Management Plus (PM+), a 5-session, individual psychological intervention program, delivered by paraprofessionals that addresses common mental disorders in people in communities affected by adve...

RESUMO Fatores associados à institucionalização de idosos podem comprometer a funcionalidade desta população. São escassos os instrumentos que avaliam esse componente conforme o modelo biopsicossocial. Com vistas medir e incapacidade, Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) desenvolveu World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) amparada no teórico-conceitual Classificação ...

OBJECTIVE The planning, provision and monitoring of medical and support services for patient groups with chronic ailments may require disability assessment and registration. The purpose of this study was to assess disability in three groups of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic heart failure (CHF) or stroke. METHODS Convenience samples of consecutive patients ...

INTRODUCTION Traffic accidents (TA) cause 1.23 million deaths each year worldwide while between 20 and 50 million persons are injured each year. In 2011 in Medellin, Colombia, there were 307 traffic deaths and 23.835 injured with 411 accidents for each 10.000 vehicles. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics, as well as the quality of ...

BACKGROUND There have not been many attempts to validate screening measures for common mental disorders (CMD) in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to examine the criterion validity of the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12) in a community-based study from Goa, India. METHOD Concurrent and convergent validity of the GHQ-12 were assessed against the Mini Internati...

INTRODUCTION Disability increases an individual's dependence and negatively impacts their physical, mental, and social functioning. The current study aims to establish the prevalence and risk factors of disability in Singapore's population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data was extracted from the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly (WiSE) study. This cross-sectional study recruited participants aged...