Objective: To examine whether increased provision of community-based services is associated with decreased psychiatric hospitalizations among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).Design: Retrospective cohort study using discrete-time logistic regression to examine the association of ser
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at risk for having higher stress and lower marital quality than other parents.
The magnitude of stress and associated health consequences experienced by caregivers compromises their ability to effectively provide care to children, especially children with disability.
Sexual infidelity has a high prevalence in both representative community and treatment-seeking samples, and has been identified by experienced therapists as one of the more difficult couple problems to treat.
While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about “military caregivers”—the population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans.
Objective: Distressed marriages enhance risk for a variety of health problems. Immune dysregulation is one potential mechanism; cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that marital distress is linked to maladaptive immune alterations.
This study investigates unintended negative effects of health communication campaigns surrounding intimate-partner violence.
Objective: To evaluate the campus-wide administration of the Know Your Power bystander-oriented social marketing campaign.
The purpose of this review was to better understand the impact of universal campaign interventions with a media component aimed at preventing child physical abuse (CPA). The review included 17 studies featuring 15 campaigns conducted from 1989 to 2011 in five countries.
Child sexual abuse is considered a modifiable risk factor for mental disorders across the life course. However the long-term consequences of other forms of child maltreatment have not yet been systematically examined.