11 May 2011 Comments Off

Beliefs and Practices in Women Health

Beliefs and Practices in Women Health • Ramaiah Bheenaveni * Rural women’s health is an infinitely broad topic. Many Indian women have come from circumstances in which women have limited access to healthcare. Traditionally, there has been discrimination towards women in decision-making; access to resources such as food, education and health care; job [...]

3 May 2011 Comments Off

Psychiatry and mental health

Psychiatry is the realm in which medical science and psychology join to provide help for persons whose mind (as one says) is disturbed and whose behavior does not conform to accept social patterns. Psychopathology  and clinical psychology are integral sub-fields of this branch of medical psychology which, of necessity, also includes neurology, mental deficiency or [...]

29 April 2011 Comments Off

Health Education as a core course for Teachers’ Education: to enhance the Mental Health of students

Health Education as a core course for Teachers’ Education: to enhance the Mental Health of students By Akintunde, P. G. (Ph.D) Department of Vocational & Special Education University of Calabar Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria And Olanipekun, O. Fola Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria   Abstract This paper is primarily concerned with the [...]