Sentences with phrase «other psychological risks»

I was referring to providing home - based services to families from low socioeconomic backgrounds who were also characterized by child maltreatment, mental health difficulties, or other psychological risks.

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For the child who may have medical and / or psychological - attachment - deprivation risk factors, a placement out of the home for extended periods of time can only promote further unattachment or indiscriminant attachment to other caretakers as opposed to the primary parental figures.

The researchers speculate that some children — those who are more inhibited or anxious — at are greater risk for chronic nightmares and other psychological problems.

The risk of suicidal thoughts increased significantly with the number of TBIs, even when controlling for other psychological factors, the researchers say in a paper published online May 15 in JAMA Psychiatry, a specialty journal of the American Medical Association.

«Being aware of the number of a patient's head injuries and the interrelation with depression and other psychological symptoms may help us better understand, and thus moderate, the risk of suicide over time,» Bryan says.

Other research studies have reported a decline in social networks in people with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older age to be associated with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

The implication of these findings is that yoga and other mind - body practices may reduced risk of inflammation - related diseases and conditions causing physical and psychological harm.

And, as if the bodily changes that take place during perimenopause weren't uncomfortable enough, they can also increase the risk of a number of more serious concerns: depression or other psychological disorders, severe headaches, bone loss, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome.

That confusion, coupled with parents» high expectations for success in school and careers, the frustration of having white peers constantly question their «American - ness,» as well as body image and other concerns that are common to all teens are among the factors that put Korean American students at risk for a growing list of emotional and psychological issues.

Yet, the term «psychological risk», with respect to investing, encompasses other situations as well (e.g. chasing high returns.)

Since 2006 there have been 3 psychological studies which focused on the personality and behavioral traits of the owners of pit bulls and other high - risk breeds of dog.

The consequences of using other methods not only include a high risk of psychological and very possibly medical injury, but they are entirely unnecessary.

The research of Paul Slovic and Baruch Fischhoff and others has identified several psychological characteristics that make risks feel more or less scary, several of which explain, more than cultural cognition, why people can believe this immense threat looms, yet still not be all that concerned.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

Mothers most commonly reported that their children were in the care of relatives (65 %) with 11 % reporting that their child was in the child protection system.15 Disruption to a child's living arrangements, including separation from parents and siblings, can result in psychological and emotional distress.16 17 A recent systematic review and meta - analysis of 40 studies that investigated child outcomes when either parent was incarcerated found a significant association with antisocial behaviour (pooled OR = 1.6, 95 % CI 1.4 to 1.9) and poor educational performance (pooled OR = 1.4, 95 % CI 1.1 to 1.8).18 Other research indicates that children of incarcerated mothers are at risk of increased criminal involvement, mental health issues, physical health problems, behavioural problems, 19 child protection contact20 and poorer educational outcomes.21

The effects of maltreatment on all of these psychological and behavioral problems as reported by adolescents» mothers could not be explained away by other risk factors (with the lone exception of delinquent behavior).

This proportion is approximately double that of children found to be at high risk in the general New South Wales population (15 %) 27 but similar to the proportion noted in other studies of Aboriginal children (24 %, 5 22.5 % 28 and among Aboriginal participants in the New South Wales Population Health Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological distress.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Higher stress exposure and perceived stress during pregnancy have been linked to GDM and / or higher glucose levels in women.43 — 45 Psychological stress and negative life events can be associated with higher salivary cortisol levels during pregnancy, which might relate to higher glucose levels.46 Higher depression scores early in pregnancy also increase the risk for GDM.9 47 On the other hand, social support has been shown to be protective regarding mental health and depression in particular.9 48 49

Membership in a single - parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children.1, 2 The mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks.3, 4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2 - parent biological family, stepfamily, or single - parent family) and children's psychological adjustment, little is known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types.

I provide Evaluation Services, including (and not limited to): diagnostic clarification (ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, etc.), cognitive / neuropsychological screening (IQ, Memory), workers» compensation evaluations (QME / AME), parenting / bonding assessment (child custody cases), pre-adoption psychological evaluation, immigration - related evaluations, forensic evaluations, and danger to self / others risk assessment.»

Second, particular groups in this population constitute higher psychological risk than others, namely those with extended trauma experience, unaccompanied or separated children and adolescents, and those engaged in the uncertain process of sought asylum.

It is also apparent that particular groups in this population constitute higher psychological risk than others, namely those with extended trauma experience, unaccompanied or separated children and adolescents and those still in the process of seeking asylum.

Through the supervision of other psychologists undertaking psychological assessments, Carmen recognised the need for and importance of improved practitioner competence in suicide risk assessment and formulation.

This includes considering issues such as family violence, safety, equality of bargaining power, risks to children, the emotional and psychological health of participants and any other issues that they think may make FDR unsuitable.

The risk factors include abuse, neglect, domestic violence, poverty, substance abuse, history of maltreatment in parents» childhoods, depression and other serious psychological disorders of parents.

People with HIV infection are at increased risk of psychological disturbance, but there have been few investigations of the efficacy of psychological and other treatments in these patients.1 Markowitz et al have done an important study which should help the development of more evidence - based interventions.

The death of a child by suicide is a severe trauma, placing parents at greater risk of psychological morbidity and physical health problems compared to other causes of death.

Background Previous studies have demonstrated the association between psychological distress (measured by the 12 - item General Health Questionnaire, GHQ - 12) and risks of all - cause mortality and deaths from cardiovascular, cancer and other causes.

[jounal] Hawkins, J. D. / 1992 / Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Implications for substance abuse prevention / Psychological Bulletin 112 (1): 64 ~ 105

Concerning the other aspects of the prospective associations between aggression and psychological difficulties in the present study, neither direct nor indirect aggression turned out to be risk factors for the development of emotional symptoms.

Social support is known to confer many psychological and physical benefits in a wide range of other contexts, e.g. inhibition of cardiovascular disease progression (Årestedt et al., 2012) adjustment to having cancer (Trevino et al., 2013) and reduced risk of depression (Khatib et al., 2013).

We found that physical maltreatment within the first 5 years of life predicts psychological and behavioral problems at least 12 years later, controlling for other risk factors associated with maltreatment.