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Background: Eclampsia is among the primary causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Zanzibar. Many women and men are not aware of the signs, symptoms and causes of eclampsia and may have different explanatory models. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the community understanding of pre-eclampsia, as a key stage to improve maternal and perinatal health in Unguja Island, Zanzibar.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMental health professionals' perspectives and suggestions on religious and superstitious activities engagement of patients with serious mental illness: A national survey in Thailand.
Int J Soc Psychiatry
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: Patients with serious mental illness (SMI) often engage in religious and superstitious activities. The implications of such engagements remain unclear, with no established guidelines for mental health professionals.
Aims: This study aimed to survey perspectives and gather suggestions from various disciplines within mental healthcare regarding the engagement in religious/superstitious activities of SMI patients: schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder.
Cultural Beliefs About the Etiology of Schizophrenia and Expressed Emotion in Mexican Families.
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)
December 2024
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Social and Epidemiological Research Unity of Mexican Institute of Social Security (UISESS-IMSS), Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a severe and persistent mental disorder that affects around 21 million people worldwide. The etiology of schizophrenia is currently understood as heterogeneous and multifactorial. Genetic and environmental factors are the most common explanations for the onset of schizophrenia, but along with these, hybridized cultural ideas coexist between medical, superstitious, and religious paradigms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExplicit and Implicit Measures of Black Cat Bias in Cat and Dog People.
Animals (Basel)
November 2024
Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1430, USA.
Two studies looked at the prevalence and predictors of black cat bias-negative behaviors and attitudes toward black cats-using explicit and implicit measures. The first study looked at an internet sample of 114 people to see if people who self-identified as liking cats (cat people) showed less bias against black cats than those who self-identified as dog people or those who liked both dogs and cats (dog-and-cat people). Participants completed a questionnaire that measured superstitious beliefs, belief in witchcraft, and religiosity before rating pictures and, for about half of the participants, descriptions of black and non-black cats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"": Setswana parents' perspective on autism spectrum disorder.
Front Psychiatry
September 2024
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Introduction: There is a dearth of knowledge in South Africa about the incidence, prevalence, and effect of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Consequently, national autism data is outdated, and World Health Organization (WHO) prevalence rates are being used.
Methods: This study focused on Ngaka Modiri Molema District to explore the cultural perspective of ASD in the Setswana culture from a parental or caregiver perspective, specifically those who attended the World Health Organization Caregiver Skills Training (WHO-CST) on ASD.
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