Social Isolation - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Oral administration of Yokukansan inhibits the development of atopic dermatitis-like lesions in isolated NC/Nga mice.

Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that stress can trigger and exacerbate atopic dermatitis (AD). Psychotherapy is becoming more important in the treatment of AD patients. Yokukansan (YKS, Yi-Gan San in Chinese), a traditional Japanese ... Read more...

Living with hepatitis C and treatment: the personal experiences of patients.

30 Jul 2009 AIM: The purpose of the study was to explore the issues surrounding chronic hepatitis C, combination therapy and its impact on personal relationships to enhance understanding of the experiences of patients living with hepatitis C. This paper focuses ... Read more...

The relationship between pain intensity and severity and depression in older people: exploratory study.

26 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Pain and depression are known to be associated in later life, and both have a negative effect on physical performance both separately and in combination. The nature of the relationships between pain intensity and depression in elderly ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Isolation - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Oral administration of Yokukansan inhibits the development of atopic dermatitis-like lesions in isolated NC/Nga mice. Aug 2009
• Living with hepatitis C and treatment: the personal experiences of patients. 30 Jul 2009
• The relationship between pain intensity and severity and depression in older people: exploratory study. 26 Jul 2009
• Epilepsy, psychosocial and cognitive functioning. 16 Jul 2009
• An exploration of the main sources of shame in an eating-disordered population. 29 Jun 2009
• The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan. 29 Jun 2009
• Involvement of NOX2 in the development of behavioral and pathologic alterations in isolated rats. 24 Jun 2009
• Neurosteroids modulate compulsive and persistent behavior in rodents: implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder. 19 Jun 2009
• Pubertal isolation alters latent inhibition and DA in nucleus accumbens of adult rats. 11 Jun 2009
• Power spectrum analysis of ultrasonic vocalization elicited by maternal separation in rat pups. 9 Jun 2009
• Developmentally disabled teens. 30 May 2009
• Ostracism: how much it hurts depends on how you remember it. 30 May 2009
• Increased dopamine D2High receptors in rats reared in social isolation. 30 May 2009
• A single exposure to social isolation in domestic piglets activates behavioural arousal, neuroendocrine stress hormones, and stress-related gene expression in the brain. 17 May 2009
• [The wild boy of Aveyron. A child rearing drama between psychiatry and pedagogy] 6 May 2009
• Dietary vitamin E deficiency increases anxiety-related behavior in rats under stress of social isolation. 29 Apr 2009
• Lesbians' constructions of depression. 29 Apr 2009
• Priming third-party ostracism increases affiliative imitation in children. 30 Mar 2009
• Social network assessment in community-dwelling older persons: results from a study of three European populations. 30 Mar 2009
• Social exclusion and early-stage interpersonal perception: selective attention to signs of acceptance. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Isolation'

Definition: The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.

Descriptor UI: D012934

Alternative terms: Social Isolation; Isolation, Social; Isolations, Social; Social Isolations;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology;

Tree Number: F01.145.813.781; I01.880.683;

Online Note: use SOCIAL ISOLATION to search ISOLATION, SOCIAL 1968

History Note: 69; was ISOLATION, SOCIAL 1968

Technical Notes: human & animal