Social Problems
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Understanding and addressing psychological and social problems: the mediating psychological processes model.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Psychological and social problems such as mental disorder, unemployment, substance misuse and crime are personally distressing and absorb huge proportions of Government effort. Addressing these is a multi-agency, multidisciplinary ... Read more...

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in conflict areas: a study among patients receiving treatment from Lacor Hospital, Uganda.

30 Aug 2009 The interaction between limited resources, living in conflict areas, and complexity of HIV treatment may impact negatively on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Nonadherence may lead to development of resistant strains that may further ... Read more...

Making rhetoric a reality: effective capacity building in mental health care provision.

30 Aug 2009 Patients diagnosed with mental illness are statistically less likely to access physical healthcare services, resulting in increased mortality rates and diminished quality and decreased longevity of lifespan. This article identifies key aspects of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Problems'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Understanding and addressing psychological and social problems: the mediating psychological processes model. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in conflict areas: a study among patients receiving treatment from Lacor Hospital, Uganda. 30 Aug 2009
• Making rhetoric a reality: effective capacity building in mental health care provision. 30 Aug 2009
• Meeting the health needs of trafficked persons. 24 Aug 2009
• Preventing evictions as a potential public health intervention: characteristics and social medical risk factors of households at risk in Amsterdam. 5 Aug 2009
• Trans-Atlantic slavery: isotopic evidence for forced migration to Barbados. 30 Jul 2009
• Internet interaction: the effects on patients' lives and analytic process. Panel report. 30 Jul 2009
• Promoting traditions: an evaluation of a wilderness activity among First Nations of Canada. 30 Jul 2009
• Battling polio in Pakistan: breaking new ground. 26 Jul 2009
• Psychological science's contributions to a sustainable environment: extending our reach to a grand challenge of society. 29 Jun 2009
• The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: a developmental analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Let's get real (with a small 'r'): for a health psychology that prioritizes the concrete. 29 Jun 2009
• [Syphilis in Ferrara in the nineteenth century] 30 May 2009
• A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda. 30 May 2009
• When stereotypes become 'scientific' statements: dealing with gender issues. 30 May 2009
• The sugar industry - the cradle of modern bio-industry. 29 Apr 2009
• Effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adolescents with serious mental illness: 12 month naturalistic follow-up study. 29 Apr 2009
• [Drugs and desperation in different worlds. Abuse of cathinone and methcathinone] 29 Apr 2009
• There should be more help out here! A qualitative study of the needs of Aboriginal adolescents in rural Australia. 27 Apr 2009
• Association between emotional and behavioral problems and metabolic control in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Problems'

Definition: Situations affecting a significant number of people, that are believed to be sources of difficulty or threaten the stability of the community, and that require programs of amelioration.

Descriptor UI: D012940

Alternative terms: Social Problems; Problem, Social; Problems, Social; Social Problem; Slaves; Slave;

Related Mesh Headings: Alcoholism; Student Dropouts; Substance-Related Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.735;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent