The onset of a disease such as multiple sclerosis is a profound existential trauma. The outlook of the disability is difficult to manage. Complementary approaches enable the caregivers to help the patients overcome difficulties and find ways to adapt.
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Rev Gaucha Enferm
January 2025
Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Faculdade de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Objective: To understand the relationships that promote and threaten family hope during pregnancy and in the care of high-risk newborns.
Method: Qualitative research, guided by the theoretical framework of Understanding the Complex Nature of Hope, carried out between December 2021 and March 2022, with 28 members of 14 families attended at a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic for at-risk newborns in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data obtained from interviews in thematic oral history allowed the construction of narratives, genograms and ecomaps, which were subjected to deductive thematic analysis procedures.
J Clin Nurs
February 2025
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Introduction: Stroke represents the second leading cause of death worldwide after cardiovascular disease and the first cause of disability in adults. Only 25% of stroke survivors fully recover, 75% survive with some form of disability, and half of them lose self-sufficiency, negatively impacting their quality of life. This study aims to understand the experiences of stroke survivors and caregivers of training needs and support during the transitional care phase from hospital to home; it also investigates the experience of health care professionals (HCPs) of providing support and training to the dyad during this phase.
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November 2024
Sitka Sound Science Center, 834 Lincoln Street, Sitka, AK, 99835, USA.
Social and cultural context shapes how communities perceive health, well-being, and risk. Risk reappraisal can occur over time as a product of new information and improved understanding. We investigate risk perception and protective behaviors in Lingít Aaní (Southeast Alaska) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 2024
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
The tripartite classification of mental faculties into cognition, affect, and conation (motivation and action) continues to be the edifice on which the mind and the methods to address mental afflictions are studied. Eastern spiritual traditions offer insights into mental health as it pertains to each of these domains. Following up on our previous paper on the cognition path to psychotherapy (Knowing oneself, or Jnana Yoga), we herein focus on the path of selfless action (Karma Yoga).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Dissociation
June 2024
Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Research on male survivors of childhood sexual abuse is notably deficient when it comes to addressing their sexual concerns, such as experiences of sexual distress, negative thoughts, and feelings related to their sexuality. Dissociation, a known consequence of childhood sexual abuse, could be associated with higher sexual concerns through identity cohesion. Precisely, dissociation can potentially be related to lower identity cohesion (e.
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