Self Care - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Social participation and vocational integration as an objective of child and adolescent psychiatric rehabilitation]

30 Aug 2009 In order to avoid threatening social disintegration, it is important for children and adolescents with chronic mental disorders and also for physically disabled children to diagnose disturbances of social participation in an early stage and to ... Read more...

Patterns of responses to cardiac events over time.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Prompt treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is essential to reduce mortality and morbidity, but patients often delay seeking healthcare, regardless of their history of heart disease. The purpose of this study was to ... Read more...

The impact of weight gain on motivation, compliance, and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

30 Aug 2009 Patients with type 2 diabetes, approximately 85% of whom are overweight or obese, often have an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. Both type 2 diabetes and obesity are independent ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self Care - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Social participation and vocational integration as an objective of child and adolescent psychiatric rehabilitation] 30 Aug 2009
• Patterns of responses to cardiac events over time. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of weight gain on motivation, compliance, and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 30 Aug 2009
• Chronic opioid therapy for nonmalignant pain: the patient's perspective. Part I--life before and after opioid therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessing and training patients on peritoneal dialysis in their own homes can influence better practice. 30 Aug 2009
• "Everyone should buttonhole": a novel technique for a regional Australian renal service. 30 Aug 2009
• The relative success of a self-help and a group-based memory training program for older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Women, take control of your bodies! 30 Aug 2009
• Negative psychosocial consequence of self-restricted driving among cancer survivors in the head and neck region. 30 Jul 2009
• The impact of illness perception on adherence to therapeutic regimens of patients with hypertension in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2009
• Disability and pain management methods of Taiwanese arthritic older patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep disturbance experiences among perimenopausal women in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2009
• The importance of medication in consumer definitions of recovery from serious mental illness: a qualitative study. 30 Jul 2009
• Perceived control and involvement in self care in patients with colorectal cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Parental negative affect and adolescent efficacy for diabetes management. 30 Jul 2009
• The fit between stress appraisal and dyadic coping in understanding perceived coping effectiveness for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. 30 Jul 2009
• A brief measure of perceived clinician support by patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of coping skills training in school-age children with type 1 diabetes. 30 Jul 2009
• Do school-based asthma education programs improve self-management and health outcomes? 25 Jul 2009
• Patients' and health care professionals' evaluation of health-related quality of life issues in bone metastases. 23 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Self Care'

Definition: Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.

Descriptor UI: D012648

Alternative terms: Self Care; Care, Self; Self-Care; Self-Management; Self Management;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.900; N02.421.784.680;

Online Note: search ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING 1979-80

History Note: 81; was see ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING 1979-80

Technical Notes: = care prescribed by MD or generated by person himself & includes care for self, family or friends; differentiate from SELF MEDICATION (medication not prescribed by MD) and SELF ADMINISTRATION (admin of medication prescribed by MD or self admin of substances by exper animals)