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HCI considerations in Designing a Second Life Virtual Therapeutic Community for the Support & Treatment of People with Borderline Personality Disorder [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
This paper aims to present the current position of the ongoing research into developing the requirements and acceptance of a virtual therapeutic community in Second Life, specifically for people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The research has identified this particular user group given that people with BPD often require high levels of ...
arxiv  

First Person Account: The Pain of Parenthood of the Mentally Ill [PDF]

, 1985
Guy Mittleman
openalex   +1 more source

Promoting radical healing to facilitate community capacity building among formerly incarcerated Black and Latino men with substance use disorders

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes, Heather A. Jones, Ellen Benoit, Dora N. Watkins, Liliane C. Windsor   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Care Policy: Where Are We Going? [PDF]

, 1990
Millions of Americans suffer from physical or mental conditions that make it difficult for them to live fully independent lives. These are the frail elderly, disabled and chronically ill persons of all ages, and many mentally ill or mentally retarded ...
Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, OMB Watch   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Applying the NIOSH Worker Well‐Being Framework to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Insights From the Literature

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is a growing appreciation of the importance of health and well‐being and of the complex set of factors, within and outside the workplace, that interact to affect the well‐being of workers. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers experience particular challenges, and measurement of factors that influence their health and well‐being is
Tessa Bonney, Dana Madigan, Vinay Espinosa‐Ravi, Linda Forst   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Health Inpatient Hospitalization and Smoking Cessation [PDF]

, 2012
Forty- four percent of cigarettes purchased, are by persons with serious mental illness. This population dies approximately twenty- five years earlier than the general population. In 1993, American hospitals were mandated to become smokefree.
Warring, Susan
core   +1 more source

Censo dos pacientes internados em uma instituição asilar no Estado do Rio de Janeiro: dados preliminares

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
O Estado do Rio de Janeiro concentra uma das maiores redes de hospitais psiquiátricos do país, sendo um deles a Casa de Saúde Dr. Eiras/Paracambi (CSDE-P).
Maria Paula Cerqueira Gomes, Maria Cristina Ventura Couto, Vera Lúcia Edais Pepe, Liz Maria de Almeida, Pedro Gabriel Godinho Delgado, Evandro da Silva Freire Coutinho   +5 more
doaj  

The Impact of Employment Status, Income, and Occupation on the Association Between Workplace Benefits and Health‐Related Work Absences

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Workplace benefits such as paid sick leave and employer‐sponsored health insurance influence workers' ability to take time off when ill or injured. We examined whether and to what extent these workplace benefits complement each other in affecting health‐related work absences, and whether associations varied by employment status ...
Jim P. Stimpson, Jessica Billig, Tami Gurley, Joshua M. Liao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Victimisation in the life of persons with severe mental illness in Uganda: a pluralistic qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry
Introduction Victimisation of persons with severe mental illness is recognised as an urgent global concern, with literature pointing to higher rates of violent victimisation of persons with severe mental illness than those of the general population. Yet,
Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Birthe Loa Knizek, Christine Tusiime, Richard Stephen Mpango, Carol Birungi, Eugene Kinyanda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance Use Right Before or During Work Among the Young US Workers: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Substance use right before or during work (hereinafter, “substance use in the workplace”) poses significant health risks to users, colleagues, and the public in the workplace. However, less clear are figures on recent prevalence, characteristics of those engaging in such behaviors, and variations across occupations.
Sehun Oh, Daejun Park, Sarah Al‐Hashemi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source