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Psychiatric Induced Births in Jamaica: Homicide and Death Effects on Pregnancy Authored by Paul Andrew Bourne Evaluate the role of homicide on admissions to a maternity hospital (or during pregnancy), Assess whether or not deaths can induce pregnancy or birth, Determine the responsivity of hospitalization at a mental health facility among pregnant women; & Calculated the responsivity of hospitalization to a maternity institution based on changes in homicide or deaths. The data for this study were taken from a Jamaica Government Publication. Data were also obtained from the Ministry of Health (2005-2015) on admissions to a national mental health public hospital in Jamaica, which is the Bellevue Hospital (referred to as Bellevue). The period for this work is from 2005 through to 2015. Homicide has an effect on admissions to the maternity institution, Victoria Jubilee hospital, using the positive elasticities, especially those greater than one. Pregnancy has an...

How High Can You Go: An Academic’s Role Beyond the Academia Authored by Nick Yeh SO WHAT?” On his/her academic journey, an academic must be confronted with such an unfriendly, derogatory remark at least once in response to his/her research. The scholar may feel beaten, frustrated, or tremble with rage. It feels like a chef seeing his/her latest recipe being spit on or a proud mother hearing her new born baby being called an ill-favored ogre. To View more.. PHP in Juniper Publishers in Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal

Executive Dysfunction in Depression Authored by Shahbaz khan Executive dysfunction is common in Major depression and includes problems with planning, organizing, sequencing, shifting, information processing speed, and maintaining information in working memory [1,2]. The relationship is complex and adds to the disability [3]. The test commonly used for executive function in psychiatric disorders is the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) [4]. Studies have shown that WCST scores may be affected even with relatively mild depression [5] and executive dysfunction may vary as a function of the severity of depression [6]. However, some studies found no such relationship between severity of depression and the overall cognitive performance [7]. Moreover, only a few studied executive dysfunctions in young depressives [8]. In the present study we compared the executive functions in depression with healthy controls and attempted to see whether there is any differenc...

There is Plenty of Time to Grow Up, But, Let a Child be a Child Authored by  Deborah A Williams  As a professional and a mother, I remember that the development of an infant through early childhood moves so quickly after the time of birth. One thing for certain is that “childhood” should be one reflected in joy, exploration, assimilation of knowledge through experiences, joy, and happiness. There is no greater pleasure than hearing and seeing a happy child laugh, grow, and showing joy. These particular memories provide the binding force that links many children to their parents. However, for so many unfortunate children it has become a time of abandonment, neglect, abuse, and great sadness due to trauma or injury. From the time we are born into this world our eyes and ears have become a direct link to the daily experience as a growing young child. Although, speech comes later as a youngster, children do learn to mimic what they hear from daily influences...

Conversion Disorder Authored by Varadarajan Sundaramahalingam Stress is prevalent or we may come across stress throughout our life span. There are certain stresses which may impact our physiological system in school aged children. When the psychological stress affects the physiological system it may have adverse effect later may result in going for doctor shopping. Conversion disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurological) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation. To view more.. PHP in Juniper Publishers in Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal

Emotion Regulation and Existential Meaning-Making in Young Women with Mental Ill-Health Concerns–A Qualitative Study Authored by Christina Lloyd Increasing rates of psychiatric problems, like anxiety, worry, and anguish among Swedish youth–especially among females, are considered a serious public mental health concern. To explore psychological and existential vulnerability and needs among female youths with mental ill-health concerns, a qualitative in-depth interview study was done with a sample comprised of ten females on the waiting-list at an outpatient psychotherapy clinic. In relation to everyday life, critical events, and ultimate concerns, two areas were explored: Emotion regulation and Existential meaning-making, and their interrelations were examined. Results indicated that these areas appear to be strongly related processes in this sample, possibly due to frequent experiences of relational losses and disruptions. Such experiences, if not repaired...

INDAL: A Computer Program for Comparing Multiple Independent Coefficient Alphas Authored by N Clayton Silver  There are times when one might want to compare the coefficient alphas of three or more tests measuring the same construct. The computer program, INDAL, is introduced which compares multiple coefficient alphas using the omnibus Fisher-Bonett approach followed by subsequent pairwise comparisons using F tests. To view more.. PHP   in Juniper Publishers in Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal