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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Loss of Interest"”.
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Relationship between sunshine duration and antidepressant consumption in three Northern countries– a pharmacoepidemiologic approach
… health problem that involves a low mood and a loss of interest in activities. In persons with a chronic medical disease, depression often makes the management of chronic illness more difficult. Recently, vitamin D has been reported in the scientific and lay press as an important factor that may …
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Aspects of tenders for construction contracts
Before considering in detail that portion of the cost of a Civil Engineering project associated with the employment of a contractor, one should take an overall look at the total cost of an average project. This would usually include the following items a) cost of the land on which the project was …
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Young People and Depression: A Sociological Perspective.
Depression haunts the lives of many, especially our young people, this is becoming more and more apparent in Western countries. Depression is a common mental disorder characterized by sadness, loss of interest in activities and by decreased energy. Depression is no respecter of status, …
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The effectiveness of occupational therapy in enabling adults with a diagnosis of depression to improve their function and meaningful participation; a mixed methods study
Background: Depression is a leading cause of disability and is characterised by a loss of interest inactivities as well as difficulty carrying out everyday activities. Occupational therapy aimsto enable people to participate in the daily activities they want or need to do to improvehealth and …
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Experiences of Cyberbullied victims at the University of Zululand
This study examined the experiences of cyberbullied victims at the University of Zululand. Thirty-five students from the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) participated in the research. The age of the participants ranged from 17-28 years. The main objectives of the study were to gain deeper …
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Substance misuse in young people in Ireland - a focus on benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs that are prescribed for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Due to the powerful tolerance that can develop as a result of sustained use, benzodiazepines can also be dependence-forming. Benzodiazepine dependence can occur from prescribed and from recreational …
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Psychoneuroimmune Implications of Non-Infectious Neuroimmune System Activation and the Impact of Type 2 Diabetes
Sick individuals exhibit a variety of symptoms that include malaise, fatigue, nausea, fever, decreased food intake, decreased body weight and loss of interest in the physical and social environment. Commonly dismissed by clinicians as non-consequential side effects of infection, this brain-based …
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Behavioral change in response to low-grade non-infectious stimuli: findings and potential neuroimmune mechanisms
… including lethargy, malaise, listlessness, loss of interest in social and environmental surroundings, and anorexia. Together, these symptoms comprise what is recognized as “sickness behavior.” Sickness behavior represents a conserved, motivational behavioral state that, with the induction of …
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Distinguishing the roles of rumination, worry, and executive function in predicting anxious arousal and dimensions of anhedonic depression
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Motivation and attitudes towards English as a second language (ESL) among learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal High Schools
Judging from what several of teachers have generally said about the poor performance and low levels of English proficiency, (how poorly they spoke, read and wrote), there seems to be a lack of interest or motivation among rural high school learners to acquire English proficiently. Thus, motivation …
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The Effects of Brief Psychoeducation on Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Parenting
… and involves chronic and persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in usual activities, as well as a broad range of additional physical and emotional symptoms. These maladaptive symptoms have repercussions across all areas of adolescents' functioning. One area that is affected when …
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The Effects of Brief Psychoeducation on Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Parenting
… and involves chronic and persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in usual activities, as well as a broad range of additional physical and emotional symptoms. These maladaptive symptoms have repercussions across all areas of adolescents' functioning. One area that is affected when …
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Understanding Disinterest: How Online Undergraduate Students Perceive And Respond To Disengaged Faculty Members
<p>The purpose of this interpretative, qualitative study was to discover reasons students participating in asynchronous online undergraduate courses perceive faculty as disinterested, the significance of this perception, and how students respond to disinterested faculty. Online education continues …
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Psychological and socio-cultural effects of forced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Namibia: Implications for intervention
The forced and coerced sterilisation of women living with HIV (WLHIV) is one of the serious forms of fundamental human rights violations, which has occurred, the world over. In Namibia, cases of forced and coerced sterilisation were first reported in 2007 to 2008. With the support of civil society …
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Theory of mind in youth and emerging adults with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, with and without comorbid mood disorder
<p>Mood disorders are some of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar Disorder (BPD) have become more widely recognized in children and adolescents in recent years and are especially common in individuals with …
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The influence of trait approach & avoidance motivation on the course of depression and anxiety
… to depression and anxiety, but the question of how trait motivation affects these dimensions of psychopathology has yet to be answered. The present study aimed to begin to answer this question by identifying potential neural mechanisms that could explain this relationship. Dimensional …
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A formative study on the adaptation of mental health promotion programmes for perinatal depression in West Chitwan
… treat perinatal depression early. Due to lack of awareness and stigma, help seeking, detection and treatment for perinatal depression in Nepal remains low. To counter barriers on lack of awareness, stigma and non-detection of mental health problems including depression, alcohol use disorder, …
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Community-based co-design of a crowdsourcing task management application for safeguarding indigenous knowledge
… has become more complicated due to a variety of reasons such as urban migration, loss of interest in it, the dominance of scientific knowledge and the technological revolution. Therefore, there is a considerable movement towards using technologies to safeguard IK before it becomes obsolete. It …
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The Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder According to Patient Self-Report
… disorder (MDD) is a common, typically recurrent, often chronic, and disabling disorder affecting approximately 14 million adults in the United States (US) each year. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a neurostimulation therapeutic intervention that is highly effective and most often used to treat …
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Immunological and behavioral consequences of high-fat diet feeding in mice
… with depression that manifests in mice as a loss of interest in consuming a highly palatable sucrose or saccharin solution. Here we show that obese mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD), fail to exhibit an interest in saccharin (27% vs 74%) compared to mice fed a low-fat diet (LFD) (p < 0.007). When …
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