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Sociodemographic and Clinical Profiles of Patients With Substance Use Disorders Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital in Erbil: A Retrospective Study.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, IRQ.
Background: Substance use is a growing concern, impacting the health, social stability, and economic well-being of individuals and communities. In Iraq, particularly in Erbil, limited data exists on the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). This study aims to identify these characteristics among inpatients at Hawler Psychiatric Hospital to better understand the profiles and associated factors influencing substance use in this region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Preliminary Analysis of a Prosocial Intervention to Support Teachers and Staff Implementing Behavioral Interventions in a Specialized School Setting.
Behav Anal Pract
December 2024
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois USA.
Prosocial is a systems-level intervention framework that incorporates elements of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with Ostrom's core design principles (CDPs) guiding effective organizations and collective action (Ostrom, 1990). We evaluated a Prosocial intervention to support teachers and staff in a specialized school. AB analysis supported improvements in group cohesion and values-behavior alignment during the intervention and pre-post analyses showed significant improvements in psychological flexibility and perceived stress of participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIs the Time Right to Enact Autonomy-Only Assisted Dying Laws?
J Law Med
November 2024
Associate Professor (Law) School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland.
An increasing number of jurisdictions worldwide have enacted assisted dying laws allowing persons to end their lives with assistance. All existing frameworks have in common that they restrict access to persons who (1) act autonomously and (2) suffer from certain illnesses. The second restriction has been criticised on the basis that it makes judgments about which lives are worth living by only allowing persons with specific medical conditions, but not others, to die with assistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTasers, a form of police weaponry causing neuromuscular incapacitation and extreme pain, were confirmed in 2010 to be used in New Zealand inpatient mental health units. Their use on patients, or tāngata whai ora (persons seeking wellbeing), raises ethical concerns about harm prevention, moral duties, and human rights in healthcare. The New Zealand healthcare system, grounded in principles and rights, regulates procedures to uphold fundamental rights.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasuring a family sense of coherence: a rasch-based study extending dyadic data analyses.
BMC Palliat Care
January 2025
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Division Safety and Transport, Measurement Science and Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
Background: Family sense of coherence (FSOC) seems to reduce distress in the family and promote the well-being of the family. Therefore, getting accurate measurements for families with long-term illnesses is of particular interest. This study explores dyadic data analysis from the dyadic- and single-informant perspectives, and the measurement properties of the FSOC-S12 according to the Rasch model.
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