Archive for April 2024

A systematic review of risk factors associated with depression and anxiety in cancer patients

Review: “Nowhere Special” finds hope in desolation

the Film Experience

Despite its Italian writer-director and Romanian DP, Nowhere Special is set in Northern Ireland, sitting comfortably in the social realist tradition of UK cinema.

Potential risks of content, features, and functions: A closer look at the science behind how social media affects youth

The NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) (Earliest Submission Date: May 18)

‘Patience, persistence and proportionality’: Probation officer’s perspectives of desistance in practice

Prevalence, determinants, intervention strategies and current gaps in addressing childhood malnutrition in Vietnam: a systematic review

Sex differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of internet addiction among Chinese adolescents with schizophrenia

Social dominance and authoritarianism have mostly countervailing associations with attitudes about COVID-19 and its management

AI in medicine: The causality frontier

Science Daily | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Artificial intelligence is making progress in the medical arena. When it comes to imaging techniques and the calculation of health risks, there is a plethora of AI methods in development and testing phases. Wherever it is a matter of recognizing patterns in large data volumes, it is expected that machines will bring great benefit to humanity. Following the classical model, the AI compares information against learned examples, draws conclusions, and makes extrapolations.

Analysis of affordability differences for rare diseases in China: a comparison across disease types and regions

Toolkit for place-based plans for housing for older adults

Analysis of Psychology of Religion Content in Introductory Psychology Textbooks

Qualitative Study About Psychedelics: Using in Psychiatric Disorders (PSYCHEQUALI)

Patient and caregiver satisfaction of a palliative care chronic diseases clinic during COVID lockdowns

Stories of building friendships during long-term recovery from problematic substance use

CfP: Prediction Models and Clinical Outcomes

Does Citizen Sector-based Preference Relate to Citizen Satisfaction with Public Service Organizations?

Safer but Alone: How COVID-19 Protections Affected Older Adults’ Mental Health

Using the “Cool Versus Not Cool” Discrimination Procedure to Teach Social Skills Remotely to Adults With Autism

Why belief in cancer fatalism can harm your health

BBC | Getty

Fatalism has been tricky to define. It’s generally thought of as a belief that outcomes cannot be changed and are determined by outside forces. For Oscar Esparza-Del Villar, a professor of psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, what some people call fatalism can be separated out from related factors like helplessness and a belief in divine control. The researchers found that of fatalism and these related factors, it’s the helplessness that influences health behaviours the most.

Global priority for the care of orphans and other vulnerable children: transcending problem definition challenges

Tackling Persistent, Boundary-Spanning Problems Through Collaborative Innovation: Lessons From the Clean Sweep Initiative in Buffalo, NY

The State of Children in the European Union

Teamwork Coaching in the Research Development Process

Staff shortages. Burnout. Unfair pay. The working conditions behind our crisis in health care

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Emergency departments are closing across the country. Wait times in those still open frequently surpass 20 hours. An unprecedented number of people are being cared for in hallways and spaces not designed for care as they wait for specialists or procedures. Frail elders are waiting months in loud and uncomfortable hospital rooms for a long-term care spot. About one in five Canadians are without a family doctor.

Diaries of Eileen Younghusband, 1917-1930

Eileen Younghusband’s diaries, written between 1917-1930, cover a transitional period in her life, beginning with her wartime childhood in an upper middle class home at Wimbledon and ending as she started her career as a tutor at the London School of Economics. They cover her ambivalent relationship with post-war ‘High Society’, growing interest in politics and issues of social justice, first steps towards social work (through the Whitechapel Care Committee and Bermondsey Princess Club) and education at the LSE, as well as the routine of daily life (particularly with regard to shopping, socialising and travelling).