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EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS, SERVICE DELIVERY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF SERVICE DELIVERY TO A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY BY SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2009
This research is part of a more extensive research project in which the Departments of SocialWork, Nursing and Communication collaborated to investigate the experiences of seniorstudents’ health care service delivery to a disadvantaged community, and to ...
Corinne Strydom, Minrie Greeff , Cornelia Wessels , Paul J Schutte   +3 more
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Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
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'Often there is a good deal to be done, but socially rather than medically': the psychiatric social worker as social therapist, 1945-70 [PDF]

, 2011
Seeking to align psychiatric practice with general medicine following the inauguration of the National Health Service, psychiatric hospitals in post-war Britain deployed new treatments designed to induce somatic change, such as ECT, leucotomy and ...
Long, Vicky
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai, Sen Zhang, Haipei Zhang, Yating Zhang, Junhong Guo, Xiaoyan Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity and reliability of the Kessler Psychological distress scale in assessing psychological distress among the rural elderly: a cross-sectional community-based study

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Context : Kessler’s Psychological Distress Scale (K10) is a self-rated tool used to measure psychological distress, but its applicability in elderly populations has not been extensively studied in community settings.
Arif Ali, Abhijeet Singh, Ashfaq Ahmad Dangroo, H. Sobhana, Sonia P. Deuri, Sanjeev Mishra   +5 more
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Multidimensional Profiling of MRI‐Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Uncovers Distinct Phenotypes

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although hippocampal sclerosis (TLE‐HS) represents the most frequent cause of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), up to 30% of patients show no lesion on visual MRI inspection (TLE‐MRIneg). These cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and are underrepresented in surgical series.
Alice Ballerini, Alessia Casarini, Niccolò Biagioli, Laura Mirandola, Daniela Ballotta, Paul Summers, Simona Scolastico, Laura Madrassi, Maurilio Genovese, Marcella Malagoli, Gaetano Cantalupo, Giada Giovannini, Matteo Pugnaghi, Niccolò Orlandi, Laura Tassi, Valeria Cuccarini, Domenico Aquino, Elena Tartara, Fulvia Palesi, Giuseppe Didato, Paolo Vitali, the 3TLE Study Group, Roberta Di Giacomo, Fabio Doniselli, Federica Mazzi, Carlo Andrea Galimberti, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Stefano Meletti, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano   +28 more
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Normal‐Appearing White Matter Injury Mediates Chronic Deep Venous Hypoxia and Disease Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore how cerebral hypoxia and Normal‐Appearing White Matter (NAWM) integrity affect MS lesion burden and clinical course. Methods Seventy‐nine MS patients, including 13 clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients and 66 relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients, and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from ...
Xinli Wang, Huiying Wang, Zhizheng Zhuo, Ai Guo, Ke Lv, Decai Tian, Chao Chai, Yunyun Duan, Shuang Xia   +8 more
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NGO workers’ perspectives on mental health knowledge and training needs in rural Karnataka: a qualitative study

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Background Mental health issues are a significant public health issue in India, where most people live in rural communities; many people suffer from multiple mental health problems but do not receive treatment.
Shivanand Yaresheemi, Aravind Raj Elangovan, Shreedevi A. Uthayya   +2 more
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Psychiatric Social Work Program in Rural Community: A Multi-sectoral Initiative

, 2017
Background: Community based programmes with the combined focus on promotive and curative aspects are the planned objective of interventions and services organised by psychiatric social workers in a rural community for identification and treatment linkage
Deuri, Sonia P, Ali, Arif, Majhi, Gobinda, Horo, Athelrine, Banerjee, Inderjit, Karim, Nilufar   +5 more
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source