Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between testosterone and serotonin levels and aggression in athletes and sedentary subjects. Materials and Methods: 60 athletes (30 basketball plus 30 volleyball players) and 20 sedentary persons between the ages of 18 to 25 participated in the study. Testosterone and serotonin levels in serum of the venous blood samples taken from the subjects were measured in routine biochemistry lab. Aggression Questionnaire developed by Buss an...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Metabolic Sciences 

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National Examination (Ujian Nasional) is one of the root causes of anxiety in students. The results of a preliminary study in SMAN Y Yogyakarta known 29% students of class XII having anxiety in dealing with the UN. Test anxiety will affect the performance of students for the examination. This study develops gratefulness training as an alternative to solving anxiety problems facing the National Examination in Class XII. The design used is untreated Control Group Design With Pretest And Posttest S...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Public Health  Psychology 

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The dynamic follow up of aphasic disorders in patients with acute ischemic stroke is of great importance because of its prognostic value for their future recovery. The purpose of that clinical study is to compare the type of aphasia with the CT data about the infarction localization and to evaluate the prospective aphasia recovery. In the clinical study were included 37 patients with ischemic stroke and aphasia, theated in II-nd Neurology Clinic, Medical University Pleven. The diagnosis ischem...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Neurology 

Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2004101.19

Background and purposes: Anomic aphasia is common in patients with left hemispheric strokes. The purpose of this study was to explore the verbal production of ischemic stroke patients with anomic aphasia. Contingent and methods: Fifty ischemic stroke patients admitted to the Neurology Clinic of University Hospital Pleven were studied by neuropsychological battery and CT scan of the brain. Verbal productivity changes found were analyzed in relation to the speech recovery education. Results: Al...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Neurology 

Doi:10.5272/jimab.2014202.495

We aimed to identify the psychosocial risks that penitentiary police officers face. To do so, we developed the police stress risk questionnaire–prison (PSrQ–p), a questionnaire for psychosocial risk assessment at workplace, consisting of 22 items that investigated five macro dimensions: isolation, social image, firearms license, variety of work and roles/responsibilities. We tested this tool on a sample of 1,346 subjects, and testing is on-going. From the data obtained, we confirmed the hyp...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Public Health  Health Policy  Global Health 

Doi:10.19204/2016/psyh4

In Europe, all countries regularly recognise mental disorders as workplace accidents (mainly post-traumatic stress disorders). However, there has been little emphasis on this emerging issue in Italy. Our discussion focuses on a recent case report regarding an employee who was affected by an acute anxiety disorder after a common workplace conflict with a coworker. Given that prolonged and unresolved relationship conflicts may result in more extreme forms of conflict known as workplace bullying, r...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Public Health  Health Policy  Global Health 

Doi:10.19204/2016/wrkp3

Over the years, some critics argue that the dimension of spiritual well-being was missing from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of health. Nevertheless, although the WHO’s definition has been criticized over the past 60 years, it has never been adapted. Spiritual well-being should not be confused with psychological well-being. Moreover, spirituality, personal beliefs and religiousness are not synonymous. Spirituality has received much interest in health care services; it can...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Public Health  Health Policy  Global Health 

Doi:10.19204/2016/sprt2