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Psychiatric disorders are among the most important causes of distress and disability throughout the world. In developing countries health care workers at the primary care level are increasingly required to deal with a wide range of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders with limited resources. Primary Care Psychiatry 2e aims to equip these workers with the basic information they need to identify and manage most of these problems, and offers guidelines on when and how to refer to more specialised levels of care. Now in its second edition, this well-respected text has been updated to include the latest diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5(tm)).

Presents an overview of the Great Depression through the words and writings of the time: more than twenty-five excerpts from speeches, poems, fiction and non-fiction works

The Cuban health system surprises the international health community with strong health indicators despite economic hardship and international political tensions. This paper provides an analysis of the Cuban health system with a special focus on the role of primary care and primary care practitioners in Cuban culture. The paper also includes a discussion of Cuban health indicators, current epidemiological issues, national health initiatives, and the effects of Cuba's political situation on its health care system.

Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Forthcoming Issues -- Foreword -- Preface -- An Introduction to Primary Care in Underserved Populations: Definitions, Scope, and Challenges -- Key points -- Introduction -- Scope of the problem: a closer look at the variables measured in designating medically underserved areas and medically underserved populations -- Uninsured thus underserved -- Key concepts for primary care physicians working in underserved areas -- Medically Underserved Areas -- Primary Care Issues in Rural Populations -- Key points -- Introduction -- Health problems faced in rural populations -- Mortality -- Specific rural issues, with their prevention and countermeasures -- Prevention in rural areas -- Adherence -- Addressing access in rural areas -- Summary -- Primary Care Issues in Inner-City America and Internationally -- Key points -- Primary care in inner cities -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Asthma -- Cancer screening -- Human immunodeficiency virus -- Violence -- Mental illness -- Other health issues -- Social determinants of health must be addressed by primary care providers -- Quality improvement and population health management can help improve patient outcomes -- Partnerships -- Medically Underserved Populations -- Medical Care for Undocumented Immigrants: National and International Issues -- Key points -- Introduction -- Challenges in health care -- Access to health care -- Access to health care in Europe -- The national debate on medical care for undocumented immigrants -- Common medical conditions in undocumented immigrants -- The European experience -- Potential solutions -- Models for offering comprehensive care -- Addressing barriers to care for undocumented immigrants -- Potential solutions in Europe/international context -- Summary -- Pediatric and Adolescent Issues in Underserved Populations

Although great emphasis is given on the quality of early childhood education, the demographics of the teaching personnel attract limited attention even though those characteristics are linked to the quality of education. The present study aims at exploring gender segregation in pre-primary and primary education in Cyprus, using the statistical lenses through which feminization can be understood. The article presents the number of male and female undergraduate students enrolled in pre-primary and primary education programs. Employment data are also presented. This article sets out to discuss statistical data and literature to find out which research needs to be undertaken to ensure the inclusion of more men in pre-primary and primary education in Cyprus. Statistics highlight the need to critically examine existing literature, to conduct research with both males and females and to start the process of recruiting and supporting more males moving into pre-primary and primary education.

Pt. 1, The direct primary; pt. 2, Special features of the direct primary; pt. 3, Operation of the direct primary in particular states [California, Maine, New York, Iowa, South Dakota, Indiana].

I Structural and Educational Developments in the Primary School -- 1. Aims of Education -- 2. Innovations in the Structures of Primary Education -- 3. Progress in Educational Psychology -- 4. Personality, Family and Social Factors of Achievement -- II The Curriculum in the Primary School -- 5. Mathematics -- 6. Social Studies -- 7. Artistic and Creative Activity -- Biographical Notes.

1. Why study congressional primaries? -- 2. Primary elections and the "democratic experiment" -- 3. The strategic context of congressional primaries -- 4. Open seat primaries -- 5. Challenger primaries -- 6. Incumbent primaries -- 7. Race, redistricting, and primary elections -- 8. Primary reform.

SUMMARY. Northern Ireland has a health and social services structure which should lead to the easier establishment of effective primary care teams. Following an analysis of constraints on interprofessional collaboration, various models of practice in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales are discussed to demonstrate potential solutions. Child abuse in particular is used to identify both problems and ways forward, especially concerning the general practitioner's key role in the primary care team

In the Tavistock tradition, we understand an organization by first identifying its primary task. We ask, what is this organization set up to do, how is it organized to accomplish this objective, and what unconscious dynamics limit or distort its members' ability to do their work? This approach while powerful, does not help us understand organizations that live at strategic junctures in their life cycles. In these situations, the task is to choose a task. We need a conceptual framework to help us understand the psychodynamics of organizing and deciding in these situations. The following article develops the concept of the "primary risk' to explain how organizations behave in these situations. It links the primary risk to the psychoanalytic idea of ambivalence and the gestalt idea of the figure/ground relationship. It draws on case material to illuminate its concepts.

"Congressional primaries are increasingly being blamed for polarization and gridlock in Congress. Most American states adopted congressional primaries during the first decades of the 20th century as a means of breaking the hold of political "bosses" on the nomination of candidates. Yet now, many contend that primaries have become a means by which the most dedicated party activists choose candidates unrepresentative of the electorate, and so general election voters are forced to choose between two ideologically extreme candidates. Consequently, there have been recent instances in both parties where nominees were chosen who were clearly not preferred by party leaders, and who arguably lost elections that their parties should have won. This book is the first to focus solely upon congressional primary elections, and to do so for a student readership. Boatright organizes his text around the contention that there are important differences between types of primaries, and these differences prevent us from making blanket statements about primary competition. He focuses on explanations of two sources of difference: differences in electoral structure and differences brought about by the presence or absence of an incumbent seeking reelection. The first three chapters introduce these differences, explore how they came to exist, and outline some of the strategic considerations for candidates, parties, interest groups, and voters in primary elections. The subsequent four chapters explore different types of primary elections, and the final chapter evaluates actual and proposed primary reforms.Congressional Primary Elections is the first book to provide a history and analysis of congressional primary elections and will serve as a crucial part of courses on political parties and campaigns and elections. The book gives students the tools for understanding arguments for and against the reform of primary elections and for understanding the differences between types of primaries"--