Social support as a correlate of depression among people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.

Background: Depression is a highly prevalent mental disorder among PLHIV, whilst social support is important in disease prevention, health promotion, therapeutic measure especially for PLHIV.

Objectives: To ascertain the different types and sources of social support and their association with depression among PLHIV in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: The study was a correlation with 2515 PLHIV in three teaching hospitals in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Yoga complemented cognitive behavioral therapy on job burnout among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders.

Background/objective: Job burnout is a syndrome of reaction to chronic job-related stress which affects overall health, limits occupational efficacy, and personal accomplishments of employees thereby thwarting organizational outcomes. Burnout symptoms are common among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and affect the academic progress of the children. This study investigated the effectiveness of Yoga-based cognitive behavioral therapy (Y-CBT) in reducing occupational burnout among teachers of children with autism in Lagos States, Nigeria.

Stigmatization and discrimination as predictors of self-esteem of people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.

Background: Self-esteem is a major psychological health issue. People living with HIV and AIDS have been found to be victims of discrimination and stigmatization which affect their self-esteem.

Objectives: The study investigated the influence of stigma and discrimination on self-esteem of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV).

Socio-demographic factors of early sexual debut and depression among adolescents.

Background: Adolescent early sexual debut as it relates with socio-demographic factors and depression of secondary school adolescents. During the adolescent stage, attitudes, values and behaviours that shape a young person's behavior in the future develop. Age of sexual debut is generally low, yet there is dearth of knowledge on sexuality in the area of this study-Nsukka Education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria.

Peer pressure and home environment as predictors of disruptive and risky sexual behaviours of secondary school adolescents.

Background: Not much is understood about the predictive power of home environment and peer pressure on disruptive behaviour and risky sexual behaviour of adolescents.

Objectives: The study investigated the predictive power of home environment and peer pressure on disruptive behaviour and risky sexual behaviour of adolescents in secondary school class two in Enugu State, Nigeria. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study.