maruf al rosafi is one of the four great iraqi poets. the other three are al zahavi, al kazemi and al shabibi. he was born in baghdad, iraq in 1875. he had learned reading- writing and memorizing quran in traditional iraqi schools and then entered the army college. he could not deal with the courses so had started self studies and went to religious schools. his instructor, alus had motivated hi...

OBJECTIVES To describe the problems faced by children during separation from their imprisoned mothers, and evaluate the health of children who accompanied their mothers into prison. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING Welikada Prison, Colombo, Sri Lanka. METHODS 200 randomly selected mothers who had left their children at home were interviewed using a questionnaire. During a...

BACKGROUND Studies from the United States and the United Kingdom have found that imprisoned women are less likely to experience poorer maternal and perinatal outcomes than other disadvantaged women. This population-based study used both community controls and women with a history of incarceration as a control group, to investigate whether imprisoned pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia,...

Paranoia is a self-inflicted mental torture of which the sufferer himself is unaware. A paranoiac is perpetually guarded and suspicious, convinced that he is being persecuted by all who inhabit his deluded world.

BACKGROUND This study examines the characteristics and needs of 69 youth who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness at Pathway's Home Base Youth Drop-In Centre in the affluent suburb of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. METHODS A semi-structured interview examined demographics, characteristics, living arrangements, family characteristics, substance use, mental health, criminal activity and ed...