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Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อศึกษาหน้าที่ทางสังคม ทักษะทางสังคมและปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับหน้าที่ทางสังคมของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มารับการรักษา แผนกผู้ป่วยนอก จิตเวชศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย วิธีการศึกษา : การศึกษานี้เป็นการศึกษาเชิงพรรณนา โดยดำเนินการเก็บข้อมูลจากกลุ่มตัวอย่างซึ่งเป็นผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มารับการรักษา แผนกผู้ป่วยนอก จิตเวชศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย จำนวน 150 ราย ที่มีอายุตั้งแต่ 18 ปีขึ้นไป โดยใช้เกณฑ์การวินิจฉัย DSM-5 ของโรคซึมเศร้าหลัก หรือโรคซึมเศร้าเรื้อรัง หรือโรคซึมเศร้าสองชนิดทับซ้อนกัน ตั้งแต่เดือนมิถุนายน ถึง ธันวาคม 2563 โดยให้กลุ่มตัวอย่างตอบแบบสอบถาม 5 ฉบับ ได้แก่ 1) แบบสอบถามข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล 2) แบบประเมินอาการซึมเศร้าฉบับภาษาไทย 3) แบบวัดทักษะทางสังคม 4) มาตรวัดการรู้ซึ้งถึงความรู้สึกของผู้อื่น และ 5) แบบประเมินหน้าที่ทางสังคมฉบับภาษาไทย และผู้วิจัยกรอกแบบกรอกข้อมูลทางการแพทย์ ทำการวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับหน้าที่ทางสังคมและทักษะทางสังคมของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้า โดยใช้สถิติทดสอบไคสแควร์ และทำการวิเคราะห์ความถดถอยโลจิสติกเพื่อหาปัจจัยทำนายความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคม โดยกำหนดระดับนัยสำคัญทางสถิติไว้ที่น้อยกว่า 0.05 ผลการศึกษา : ผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าส่วนใหญ่ (ร้อยละ 65.3) มีความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคม โดยมีค่าคะแนนเฉลี่ยของหน้าที่ทางสังคมเท่ากับ 11.37±4.14 ส่วนใหญ่มีทักษะทางสังคมอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง ปัจจัยที่มีความเกี่ยวข้องกับความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคม ได้แก่ การมีระดับทักษะทางสังคมต่ำมาก ถึง ต่ำ (p < 0.01) การมีโรคประจำตัวทางกาย (p < 0.05) การใช้สารเสพติด (p < 0.05) และความรุนแรงของโรคซึมเศร้าในระดับรุนแรง (p < 0.01) ปัจจัยทำนายความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคมของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าที่มารับการรักษา แผนกผู้ป่วยนอก จิตเวชศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย ได้แก่ ได้แก่ การมีโรคประจำตัวทางกาย (p < 0.01) ความรุนแรงของโรคซึมเศร้าในระดับรุนแรง (p < 0.01) และการมีระดับทักษะทางสังคมต่ำมาก ถึง ต่ำ (p < 0.01) สรุปผลการศึกษา : ผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าส่วนใหญ่ (ร้อยละ 65.3) มีความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคม และส่วนใหญ่มีทักษะทางสังคมอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง มีการรับรู้ความรู้สึกผู้อื่นในระดับสูง และพบว่าการมีโรคประจำตัวทางกาย ความรุนแรงของโรคซึมเศร้าในระดับรุนแรง และการมีระดับทักษะทางสังคมต่ำมาก ถึง ต่ำ เป็นปัจจัยสำคัญที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความบกพร่องของหน้าที่ทางสังคมของผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้า

Association Between Smartphone Addiction And Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2021 Among Inner Mongolia Medical University Students, The People's Republic Of China, Longlong Zhao

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Smartphone is currently playing a crucial role; consequently, many smartphone users have become addicted and eventually resulted in psychological problems. This study intends to assess an association between smartphone addition and mental health among students of Inner Mongolia Medical University. The researcher employed random sampling technique in data collection by having 500 students of Inner Mongolia Medical University. The questionnaires distributed cover such topics as demographic characteristics; smartphone use behaviors; smartphone addiction scale (SAS-SV) questionnaire; life experience during COVID-19 questionnaire and depression anxiety and stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire. As for data analysis, binary logistic regression and multivariable logistic regression for …

Mechanisms Of Value-Biased Prioritization In Fast Sensorimotor Decision Making, Kivilcim Afacan-Seref

Dissertations and Theses

In dynamic environments, split-second sensorimotor decisions must be prioritized according to potential payoffs to maximize overall rewards. The impact of relative value on deliberative perceptual judgments has been examined extensively, but relatively little is known about value-biasing mechanisms in the common situation where physical evidence is strong but the time to act is severely limited. This research examines the behavioral and electrophysiological indices of how value biases split-second perceptual decisions and the possible mechanisms underlying the process. In prominent decision models, a noisy but statistically stationary representation of sensory evidence is integrated over time to an action-triggering bound, and value-biases …

Public Policies For Drug Abuse In Brazil And The Us, Daniely Tatmatsu, Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, Zilda Del Prette

Gastón Institute Publications

The study’s objective was to discuss public policies for drug abuse prevention targeted to young people in Brazil and the United States. Brazil has formulated its policy with programs that are questioned at the international level on epistemological, theoretical, and methodological grounds. The authors conclude that social policymaking in Latin America is still permeated by dependence on central countries, since the tension between the prohibitionist and harm reduction policies persists in the policy provisions for drug abuse prevention under the National Secretariat for Drug Policies and the Ministry of Health and what is actually implemented. The article suggests pursuing autonomy …

An Image Of Perfection

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.

La Posible Consolación De La Música, Antoni Pizà

Publications and Research

Resumen:

La música, y por extensión el arte en general, no ofrece remedios terapéuticos adecuados frente al dolor provocado por situaciones de desespero personal. Sin embargo, esto no ha evitado que muchos oyentes y músicos profesionales intentaran usar la música como terapia. Este ensayo presenta una amplia muestra de composiciones, de J. S. Bach a Terry Riley, que se han usado como terapia de superación personal. Como puede preverse y a pesar de notables excepciones, el lenguaje de los clásicos, sobre todo si está basado en la armonía funcional, tiende a alcanzar esta misión mejor que las formas angulares e …

Occupational Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals In Obstetrics And Gynecology Department Of A Public Hospital In Islamabad, Pakistan, Kashif Sabin

Student Works (2020-2029)

The general purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of burnout experienced by healthcare professionals working in obstetrics & gynaecology units in public hospital of Islamabad, Pakistan. Specifically, this research attempted to explore the contributing factors of burnout, by correlating the burnout scores of exhaustion and disengagement, with the sociodemographic variables. The main objectives of the study were: (i) to assess the levels of burnout as determined by the extent of exhaustion and disengagement among the study participants, and (ii) to compare the mean scores of exhaustion and disengagement among healthcare professionals based on different demographic characteristics: (a) …

Mixed Features Specifier In Mood Disorder: The Prevalence And Associated Factors, M. Paramannantha Veloo Tesini

Student Works (2020-2029)

Introduction: Mixed episode has been an unrelieved source of discussion in the field of psychiatry over the course of two decades as the DSM-IV criteria for both a depressive and manic episode had to be fulfilled to make this diagnosis. Nevertheless, in practice, this threshold was demonstrated to be too high. Therefore, the DSM-5 introduced a less stringent ‘specifier’ in which three symptoms of the opposite pole suffice thereby creating depression and mania with mixed features, respectively. Literatures points out that approximately 40% of patients have mixed episodes, but this figure may be much higher within the context of DSM-5. …

Psychometric Properties Of Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (Bsmas) In Malay Version, Kee Hui Romi Tiong

Student Works (2020-2029)

Background The percentage of internet users in Malaysia has recorded continuous increment annually, in which it increased from 76.9% in 2016 to 87.4% of users in 2018. The prevalent use of all sorts of social media platform and the convenient access to the internet regardless of time and place has massively enhance the potential of social media addiction. After many years of research, the researchers have yet to reach the consensus in identifying criteria to diagnose problematic attachment to social media. The aim of the study was to validate the Malay version of Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), by …

Association Between Stigma, Psychological Distress, And Quality Of Life Among People Living With Hiv In Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Ibrahim Khairiah

Student Works (2020-2029)

Quality of life is an important component in the evaluation of the well-being of PLHIV. However, HIV stigma and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress) continue to be a barrier to obtain a good quality of life among PLHIV globally. This study assesses the level of QOL, stigma and psychological distress among PLHIV in Kuala Lumpur by determining the association between QOL, stigma and psychological distress. A cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 305 PLHIV attendees of the infectious disease clinic in a teaching hospital, primary health clinic and three Community-Based Organisations (CBOs). The sampled respondents completed face to face interviews …

Prevalence And Determinants Of Tabacco Use Among Adolescents In Khartoum - Sudan, Mohammed Alshaikh Mohammed Othman

Student Works (2020-2029)

Globally, 25 million adolescents aged 13-15 years, smoke cigarettes while 13 million use smokeless tobacco. In 2014, 22.8% of adolescents had ever smoked cigarette in Sudan while current cigarette smokers were 4.5%; moreover, studies about shisha smoking and smokeless tobacco were limited in Sudan. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents and to describe determinant factors associated with tobacco use. Descriptive school based cross-sectional study was conducted, and multistage random sampling was used to recruit participants from secondary schools in Khartoum State, Sudan. Self-administered questionnaire of Arabic version of Global Youth Tobacco …

The Association Between Connectedness Towards Religion, Family, And School, And The Symptoms Of Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Among Malaysian Adolescents, Samian Siti Sabariah

Student Works (2020-2029)

The unmet alignment between reality and expectation in addition to immaturity in the development of the prefrontal area means adolescents have tendencies to embark on poor decisions, making them vulnerable to acquiring mental health problems. Abiding by their religion and strong connections with family and school has been proven in European/Western nations to promote adolescent mental well-being, provide ventilation to release stress and protect the youngsters from acquiring anxiety and depression. Given the vast differences between European/Western social norms and Eastern culture, this study was conducted to examine the association between adolescent connectedness towards religion, family and school on the …

Childhood Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy And/Or Pharmacological Treatment, Jennifer S. Mccarthy

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Objective: Evaluate best practice in managing anxiety in the pediatric population, including both school age children and adolescents. This literature review compared pharmacological treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)’s effectiveness on the management of anxiety within the pediatric population.

Background: Up to 25% of children in the United States are affected by a mental health disorder, anxiety being the most prevalent. Childhood anxiety can have a distressing impact on social, family, and academic functioning. If persisting into adulthood it increases the risk of developing other co-occurring mental health conditions, substance abuse issues, and contributes to impaired employment retention and socioeconomic …

Coaching Women On The Impact Of Alcohol Intake On Mental Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review, Amy Maloney

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Alcohol intake among women has increased in recent years. Women’s bodies metabolize alcohol differently when compared to men and are at increased risk for adverse effects, both physically and mentally. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to explore the evidence related to the impact of coaching in primary care on drinking behaviors and over-all well-being of women. Four databases including PsycInfo, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL Plus with full text, and Gender Studies Database were searched using a variety of key words. Studies were included if they focused on female alcohol use and abuse, interventions specific to female alcohol …

The Efficacy Of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In The Treatment Of Adults With Obesity, Hallie M. Tiffany

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Obesity is a complex condition increasing in prevalence and consequence throughout the United States and the world. Obesity is affected not only physiologically but by one’s psychological aspects of life. Obesity contributes to countless chronic health conditions and thus greatly impacts a person’s wellness. A literature review was conducted to identify the following if in obese adults the benefit of cognitive behavioral therapy for weight loss and/or maintenance. A total of 10 articles met inclusion criteria from searches from databases that included ProQuest, Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, and PsycINFO as well as bibliography review. Level of evidence includes two articles that …

Mental Health Care Practitioners, Self-Care, And Men Who Are Postincarcerated, Aduke Mccoy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mental health practitioners often suffer physical exhaustion, burnout, and increased stress from providing care to postincarcerated men with elevated mental illness. When working in these high environments, helping professionals, may neglect self-care when caring for clients under stressful conditions. Neglected self-care can have adverse implications for both the patient and the mental health professional. The research question aligned with the purpose of this study was to understand what grounded theory that explains how mental health practitioners manage self-care while providing services to postincarcerated men with elevated mental illness. Self-care theory was used as a conceptual framework for this qualitative grounded …

Staff Instruction On Patient Health Questionnaire And Collaborative Care Model In Primary Care, Jennifer Carton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The DNP project examined the effectiveness of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Collaborative Care Model (CCM) as a practice protocol for patients suffering from depression in primary care to address the problem of a shortage in mental health specialists. Research reveals an increase in Americans suffering from depression. Many primary care clinics do not have a practice protocol in place to screen and manage depression. The project's purpose was to develop a lesson plan to instruct staff on the PHQ-9 and CCM to implement into their practice. The project questions were if the lesson plan developed by the …

Qualitative Inquiry Of Resilience In Veterans Transitioning To Civilian Life, Brenda D. Nicholson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative phenomenological research focused on the resilience of 10 veterans transitioning back to civilian life. An increase in suicide rates among veterans over the last 10 years has become a major concern for the U.S. Congress and Department of Defense (DoD). The theoretical frameworks guiding the study are Durkheim’s suicide theory, Lindenberg and Frey’s social production function theory, and Diener’s deindividuation theory. Many veterans have no self-awareness of their need for psychological and transitional assistance, leaving them vulnerable during a time of potentially increased and unfamiliar stress. Understanding the need for effective psychological adjustment and resilience in military members …

Mindfulness In Healthcare: Exploring The Gap Between Leadership Practice And Employee Burnout, Bryn Saunders

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A healthcare employee’s ability to provide proficient, or quality, care to patients is impeded by burnout. Previous studies showed high levels of burnout is a common problem in healthcare, indicating there is a lack of support for employee health. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether mindfulness training reduced burnout in healthcare professionals. The study focused on increasing knowledge between the leadership practices and programs used to improve healthcare proficiency by analyzing the relationship between mindfulness and three measures of burnout: sense of efficacy, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion. The Western concept of mindfulness that emphasizes self-awareness and …

Depression And Awareness Of Mental Health Resources Among Minority And Non-Minority College Students, Henry David Browne

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Minority college students experience higher levels of psychological stress and depression, and lower utilization of mental health resources (MHR) compared to the general student population. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the association between self-reported depressive symptoms and awareness of mental health services among college undergraduate minority and non-minority students, controlling for sex, interest in MHR information, and history of mental illness. The self-determination theory guided the study. The study utilized a cross-sectional research design using secondary survey data from the National College Health Assessment (NCHA). The NCHA dataset included 354,262 respondents from 52 self-selected U.S. colleges …