BACKGROUND:  Parents of childhood cancer survivors (CCS) experience considerable distress related to their child’s cancer. However, little is known about cultural variation in this experience. We examine parental distress, specifically symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTSS) and depression, comparing Hispanic and non-Hispanic parents of CCS. PROCEDURE:  Seventy-nine Hispanic and 60 non-Hispanic parents of CCS (currently aged [...]

Do you know about obsesive compulive disorder? It is a mental disorder in which people have repeated and unwanted thoughts of ideas, feeling, obession or behavior that make them want to do compulsions. Features of OCD Before an individual is labeled as suffering from OCD, they should meet the following criteria: – obsesional person from [...]

Hello, have a nice holiday. Do you do meditation today? Maybe some of you still don’t know what is meditation. WHAT IS MEDITATION ? Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness. The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed [...]

We all lead very exhausting lives and the major amount of stress is contributed by the hectic work hours. It is due to this kind of a work culture, that the term work related stress has come into being. Work related stress is the reaction of people to the excess amount of pressure placed on [...]