Issue 4 October-December 2019
Contents
Editorial Article
MANAGEMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE ANXIETY IN CHILDREN
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Pages: 219-222
Review Paper
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS: CONCEPTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH PRO-MOTION
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Pages: 223-237
Depression is a disorder that affects one's mood, disturbs one's thinking, behavior, and one's normal functioning. The aim of the present study was to review the literature about the cognitive and axiological model of depressive disorders, underscoring their importance to promoting mental health promotion and empowering individuals’ resilience in our society. Material and Method: A literature review
Review Paper
LONG-TERM CARE: GREEK REALITY
Brenta Georgia, Rompolas Periklis
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Pages: 238-254
Introduction: Long-term care involves providing health services and social care for people who need the help of others to handle basic and secondary daily activities due to physical or mental disability, during an extended period. During the past decades there has been an increase in the aging population as well as steady increase in middle age, resulting in the increased need for long-term care
Review Paper
AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING (AAL)
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Pages: 255-269
Introduction: The assisted living systems (AAL) patients developed personalized, adaptive and prudential requirements, which require high quality of service in order to achieve interoperability, usability, security, and accuracy. Aim: Exploration of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). Material & Method: Regarding of methodology, conducted a literature review (international & Greek) using scientific
Original Paper
EPILEPSY IN ADULTS : DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
Roussos Spyridon, Kastos Dimitrios, Koutelekos John, Vasilopoulos Georgios, Kapadohos Theodoros, Kalogianni Antonia, Dousis Evangelos
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Pages: 270-282
Εpilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders with a global prevalence of 0.6% - 1.2%. It is a serious neurological disorder related to social stigma, psychiatric co-morbidity and high financial costs. Purpose: To explore the characteristics of adults diagnosed with epilepsy. Material and Method: The study sample consisted of 100 adults with a diagnosis of epilepsy who followed periodic
Short Review Article
DEPRESSION IN HEMODIALYSIS
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Pages: 283-285
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder that keeps pace with renal failure.1 The term “psychonephrology,” is widely used to indicate that renal replacement therapy encounter with multiple stressors, thus resulting in psychiatric disturbance.2 During recent decades, the association between depression and hemodialysis receives a great deal of attention mainly due to deleterious effects
