Minimizing animal suffering during slaughter depends on appropriate pre-slaughter handling, technique, and post-slaughter assessment. The post-slaughter phase must include rapid determination of loss …

INTRODUCTION: Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibits considerable inter-individual variability in clinical presentation, neuropathological burden, and underlying molecular processes. Conventional cohort-ba…

Background An aging population in Pakistan is relying more and more on informal caregivers as organized elder care systems are hard to come by. In cities such as Hyderabad, caregiving is largely a fam…

Police officers operate at the intersection of pervasive community trauma and persistent organizational stress, making them uniquely vulnerable to potentially psychologically traumatizing and morally …

INTRODUCTION: Radiography students experience high stress from academic and clinical demands; ineffective coping can lead to burnout and reduced academic performance. Few studies have examined the inf…

Understanding trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) requires a contextual perspective that considers historical legacies, social environments, and cultural realities. This paper draws on emp…

BACKGROUND: Limited research in Ghana explores the emotional well-being of children with visual impairments (CwVIs). Guided by the stigma theory (ST), this study investigated how factors such as socia…

Female sex workers (FSWs) encounter increased risk of negative health consequences, including common mental health conditions (CMCs) in Tanzania. The prevalence and association of the CMCs with social…

This article explores the phenomenon of the mostly enforced-in Latin America, with a specific emphasis on Mexico. Little is known about the multidimensional impact that a disappearance has on the rel…

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the role of religious coping and preparedness in shaping caregivers' acceptance of death following the loss of a care recipient with Alzheimer's disease or related deme…

The author discusses the break interpersonalists made with Freud's drive, defense, fantasy model by shifting the focus of inquiry to what occurs between people creates mind while retaining Freud's con…

In prospective studies on religiousness and depressive symptoms, it remains unclear whether religiousness is a predictor or parallels the fluctuating course of depressive symptoms. The current study f…