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Urban-rural differences in mental disorder risk
Despite the general health advantage of city dwellers, incidence(the rate at which new disease events occur in a population) and prevalence (the number of events, e.g., a given disease, in a given population at a designated time) of specific mental disorders seemto be increased in this population. Meta-analytic studies report thatamong individuals living in cities, […]
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Risk Factors for PTSD
Epidemiologic studies are empirical sources of information about risk factors for PTSD—preexposure factors, exposure characteristics, and postexposure factors that are believed to be related to the probability of an individual developing PTSD following exposure to a potentially traumatic event. A small number of general population studies have examined risk factors for PTSD. General population studies […]
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Risk factors for child mental health problems
The presence of risk factors can alert the GP to probe more carefully for the symptoms of a psychiatric disorder in a child with a non-specifi c presentation. Important family factors include parental physical and mental disorder and domestic violence. The risk may be mediated through a number of routes: parenting may be suboptimal, children […]
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What about risk management plans?
Clinical practice is fraught with demands on the practitioner’s time, and the emphasis of many clinical tools is on the assessment of need, with a commensurate neglect of the management of the risks identified. In many instances, the design of clinical tools stops short at simply offering a final box headed ‘management plan’, lacking the […]
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Risk Categories Example
Case study: Martha – a study to illustrate risk categories and factors Personal history Martha is 71 years of age, white British, and was born in Scotland. She experienced physical, sexual and emotional abuse from the age of 4 by her aunt who brought her up as her mother and father were unfit to look […]
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Risk Assessment Categories
Risk categories together with the various factors under each should assist nursing staff and other practitioners in their assessment and management of risk within their daily clinical practice. However, they should be used as a helpful aide-mémoire or as a tool to support professional judgement based on practical experience. This section is designed to help […]
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Risk factors and protective factors for mental health
Risk factors and protective factors for mental health, especially in reducing the risk of suicide. The presence of sufficiently strong protective factors may reduce the risk of suicide. Protective factors are related to emotional well-being; social integration through participation in sport, church associations, clubs, etc.; connectedness with family and friends; high self-esteem; physical and environmental […]
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Risk factors of suicidal behaviour
Suicidal behaviour has a large number of underlying causes. It is associated with a complex array of factors that interact with each other and place individuals at risk. These include: psychiatric factors such as major depression, schizophrenia, alcohol and other drug use, and anxiety disorders; biological factors or genetic traits, such as a family history […]
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Alcohol and suicide risk
The relationship between alcohol consumption and suicide or attempted suicide is well established among heavier drinkers. The risk of suicidal behaviour in this group increases with psychiatric comorbidity. Suicide rates are also found to rise with increased per capita consumption. The suicide rate for younger people seems to be more signifi cantly related to per […]
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