Edgework, institutions and enhanced interrogation.

The Enhanced Interrogation programme was a medicalised interrogation programme that was designed by the United States in the wake of 9/11. It is now widely recognized that the Enhanced Interrogation programme engaged in some activities that were, at the least, tantamount to torture. The programme was designed by Psychologists and overseen by other professionals, including medical professionals.

Experiences of Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviors in Services: A Qualitative Study.

Young people are responsible for a significant number of the sexual offenses that are committed every year. These young people are generally referred to specialist services for treatment. This article explores the health characteristics and service experiences of 117 young people with sexual behavior problems, and the issues that services face when working with them.

Posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer survivors: Is it possible and what are the correlates?

Objectives: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is a possible positive consequence of a traumatic event, such as cancer. Head and neck cancer (HNC) may be particularly traumatic, given its adverse effects on functional, psychological, and social wellbeing. We investigated the extent of PTG, factors associated with PTG, and associations between PTG and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in HNC survivors.

In a bad place: Carers of patients with head and neck cancer experiences of travelling for cancer treatment.

Purpose: To explore the effect that treatment-related commuting has on carers of patients with head and neck cancer.

Method: Semi-structured interviews, thematically analysed, with 31 carers.

Results: Treatment-related commuting had a considerable impact on carers of patients with head and neck cancer, both in practical terms (economic costs, disruption) and also in psychological terms.

Worry in Head and Neck Cancer Caregivers: The Role of Survivor Factors, Care-Related Stressors, and Loneliness in Predicting Fear of Recurrence.

Background: Fear of recurrence (FOR) is a primary concern for both cancer survivors and their caregivers, yet little is known about what care-related factors exacerbate this worry.

Objectives: This study aimed to establish the role of care-related stressors-as distinct from survivor characteristics-in predicting FOR in head and neck cancer caregivers.

Methods: HNC survivor-caregiver dyads took part in a mailed survey.

Making Implicit Assumptions Explicit in the Costing of Informal Care: The Case of Head and Neck Cancer in Ireland.

Background: From a health service perspective, informal care is often viewed as a potentially cost-effective way of transferring costs out of the formal healthcare sector. However, informal care is not a free resource.

Objective: Our objective was to assess the impact of alternative valuation methods and key assumptions on the cost of informal care.

Associations between neighbourhood support and financial burden with unmet needs of head and neck cancer survivors.

Purpose: To assess the unmet needs of head and neck cancer survivors and investigate associated factors. In particular, to explore whether social support (family/friends and neighbours) and financial burden are associated with unmet needs of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of HNC survivors, with 583 respondents included in the analysis.

Social networks, social support and social negativity: A qualitative study of head and neck cancer caregivers' experiences.

Head and neck cancer is a serious form of cancer that can generate substantial physical and psychosocial morbidity. Informal caregivers can help patients to manage head and neck cancer and its emotional impacts, both during and after treatment. Caregivers, however, can experience considerable stress as a result of their caring activities.

Standardizing psycho-medical torture during the War on Terror: Why it happened, how it happened, and why it didn't work.

After 9/11/2001 the United States launched a global War on Terror. As part of this War, terrorism suspects were detained by the U.S.

Why Did U.S. Healthcare Professionals Become Involved in Torture During the War on Terror?

This article examines why U.S. healthcare professionals became involved in "enhanced interrogation," or torture, during the War on Terror.

Informal caregiving in head and neck cancer: caregiving activities and psychological well-being.

The purpose of this study was to quantify the general cancer support activities that long-term carers of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors engage in; and the relationships between these care activities and psychological well-being. Respondents answered a survey detailing their caring activities, the amount of time that they spent on those activities and how comfortable they felt engaging in them. Psychological well-being was assessed by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21.

Burden and happiness in head and neck cancer carers: the role of supportive care needs.

Purpose: Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between unmet supportive care needs and carer burden and happiness, in head and neck cancer (HNC).

Methods: Two hundred eighty-five HNC informal carers were sent a postal questionnaire between January and June 2014, which included the supportive care needs survey for partners and caregivers of cancer survivors (SCNS-P&C) and the CarerQol, which assesses burden and happiness. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the association of (i) carer characteristics, (ii) carer situation, and (iii) unmet supportive care needs, with carer burden and happiness

Results: One hundred ninety-seven carers completed the questionnaire (response rate = 69 %), 180 of whom were included in the analysis.

Distress in long-term head and neck cancer carers: a qualitative study of carers' perspectives.

Aims And Objectives: To identify and describe the triggers of emotional distress among long-term caregivers (more than 1 year postdiagnosis) of people with head and neck cancer.

Background: Limited research has been conducted on the factors that cause head and neck cancer caregivers to become distressed.

Design: Qualitative cross-sectional.

The unmet supportive care needs of long-term head and neck cancer caregivers in the extended survivorship period.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the unmet supportive care needs of long-term head and neck cancer caregivers, and the factors associated with those needs.

Background: Research on the unmet needs of head and neck cancer caregivers is lacking, particularly in the long-term survivorship period.

Design: Survey of 197 caregivers.

What factors are associated with posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer carers?

Purpose: Researchers have recently called for more work to be conducted on positive outcomes and head and neck cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors associated with posttraumatic growth in head and neck cancer caregivers.

Methods And Sample: 197 carers were surveyed.

The financial impact of head and neck cancer caregiving: a qualitative study.

Background: There is a lack of research on the financial impacts that head and neck cancer has on caregivers.

Objective: To explore the overall financial impact of head and neck cancer on caregivers; to describe the factors that mitigate this impact.

Methods: Interviews with 31 caregivers (mean time caring: 5.

Why do young adults with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to manage diabetes in the workplace?

This article explores how and why workplace environments impact diabetes management for adults people with Type 1 diabetes, 23-30 years of age. Interviews were conducted with 35 young adults, 29 women and 6 men. The majority of these interviewees worked in sectors such as banking, technology and administration.