News tagged with psychosocial characteristics


Incarceration, marijuana use and suicide attempts may hinder liver transplant eligibility

Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation. ...

Other created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: Is a poor job better than no job at all?

Employment is usually associated with health benefits over unemployment. However, an article published in Psychological Medicine by a group of researchers from Australia and the UK has shown that having a job with poor p ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent expectations of early death predict young adult socioeconomic status

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents' expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Health created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0