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Everyone's business: developing an integrated model of care to respond to child abuse in a pediatric hospital setting.

In pediatric hospitals, social work plays a central role in the prevention, identification, and management of child abuse. Children who are suspected of having been abused or neglected require an evaluation of their psychosocial situation. As an integral member of the health care team, the social worker is well placed to undertake comprehensive psychosocial assessments including information on the child's development, parental capacity, family, and community supports. Current practice approaches have seen a shift away from a narrow, "expert" approach to child protection. This article describes

"An illustrative socio-biological cascade of the concentric model for health-bound networks: social determinants, social support and biological responses".

INTRODUCTION: Health has been associated with social support. Supported patients with complex health issues have a better chance of living healthier, longer lives and enjoying a better quality of life. Research indicates that physical, mental, and emotional health are connected to both biological and social determinants. METHODS: This paper proposes a conceptual, society-to-biology model, the Concentric Model for Health-Bound Networks, that explores the complexity of social support and integrates the foundational principles of systems biology and systems thinking. This transdisciplinary model

Rationale and Design of the PARTNER Trial: Partnered Rhythmic Rehabilitation for Enhanced Motor-Cognition in Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease.

BACKGROUND: Functional decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is impacted by impaired ability to integrate and modulate complex cognitive and motor abilities, commonly known as motor-cognitive integration. Impaired motor-cognitive integration occurs in the early stages of AD, prodromal AD (pAD), and may precede other symptoms. Combined motor and cognitive training have been recommended for people with pAD and need to be better researched. Our data suggest that partnered rhythmic rehabilitation (PRR) improves motor-cognitive integration in older adults with cognitive impairment. PRR is an ideal in

Individuals' experiences of the integration of substance use/addiction and HIV/AIDS services in community settings: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this systematic review are: i) to identify, appraise, and synthesize the best available evidence on individuals' experiences of the integration of substance use/addiction and HIV/AIDS services in community settings, and ii) to identify barriers to and facilitators of the integration of the services. INTRODUCTION: The integration of drug use treatment and HIV services has shown to improve HIV prevention, decrease HIV infection and progression, while improving access to social and support services among substance users. Combined pharmacological and behavioral drug u

Mechanisms of hemispheric lateralization: Asymmetric interhemispheric recruitment in the face perception network.

Perceiving human faces constitutes a fundamental ability of the human mind, integrating a wealth of information essential for social interactions in everyday life. Neuroimaging studies have unveiled a distributed neural network consisting of multiple brain regions in both hemispheres. Whereas the individual regions in the face perception network and the right-hemispheric dominance for face processing have been subject to intensive research, the functional integration among these regions and hemispheres has received considerably less attention. Using dynamic causal modeling (DCM) for fMRI, we a

Opportunities to enhance assisted living facility care quality through interprofessional collaborative practice.

Interprofessional Education (IPE) is increasingly recognized as a vital strategy for enhancing the quality of care in assisted living facility (ALF) settings. By fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals such as nurses, nurses' aides, social workers, physicians, and administrators, IPE promotes a shared and more robust understanding of resident needs and care goals. This opinion article argues that greater integration of IPE and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) into long-term care training programs can significantly improve communication, reduce errors, and enhance

Operating a Street Medicine Program within New York City's Public Health Care System.

New York City has the largest homeless population of any city in the United States, with thousands of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness on its streets. These individuals have poor health outcomes and limited connection to care. To better meet their health and social needs, New York City Health+Hospitals, the largest public hospital system in the United States, has implemented the Street Health Outreach and Wellness (SHOW) initiative to bring unsheltered New Yorkers health care, material goods, and connections to transitional housing. This article documents the evolution of the progr

Self-learning and Simulation in the 21st Century: From Textbooks to ChatGPT.

The growth of the digital age has corresponded with decreased operative experience and concern for low readiness for practice among surgical trainees, allowing for rapidly advancing technology to attempt to fill this educational need, often through independent study. Online platforms provide an accessible, convenient space for trainees and faculty to obtain e-Learning materials, including operative videos, educational podcasts, recorded lectures, and interactive content. Social media continues to grow as a space for dissemination of such materials and for live and ongoing discussion along the

Проверка результатов АПИ и СЕПЕКСА в итальянских лицах с множественным склерозом: Психометрическое исследование.

Цель этого исследования состояла в том, чтобы перевести, адаптировать к культурным условиям и подтвердить эффективность самостоятельной оценки стратегий энергосбережения (СЕПЕКСА), а также оценить психометрические свойства воздействия на участие и автономию (ИПА) среди населения, говорящего на итальянском языке, с множественным склерозом (МС). Совместно с государствами-членами было проведено межсекторальное исследование. СЕПЕКСАМ и АПИ были проверены с использованием разработанных на основе КОНСЕНСУС Стандартов для отбора контрольного перечня объектов для измерения состояния здоровья (КОСМИН).

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This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Self-Efficacy for Performing Energy Conservation Strategies Assessment (SE … significant correlation with fatigue (r = 0.349, p < .001), while IPA was associated with improved social integration (-0.354 <r> -0.547, p < .001) and quality of life (-.254 <r> -0.626; p < .001). Translated and culturally adapted SEPECSA and IPA are valid and reliable tools.

The double-edged sword of scapegoration: how anti-immigrant hostility harms both immigrants and host societies.

Immigration is among the most consequential social phenomena of the 21st century, yet the psychological dimensions of anti-immigrant hostility-particularly its bidirectional harms-remain insufficiently theorized. This paper introduces and defines the concept of scapegoration, a portmanteau of scapegoating and immigration, to describe the systematic attribution of structural societal failures to immigrant populations as a means of deflecting responsibility from institutional and political actors. Unlike xenophobia, which denotes generalized fear or hostility toward foreigners, scapegoration cap

Social media utilization to understand the journey and unmet needs of patients with Parkinson's disease in the Philippines.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with increasing global prevalence, yet comprehensive qualitative research on patient experiences in the Philippines remains scarce. Understanding the lived experiences and unmet needs of Filipino PD patients is essential for developing culturally appropriate interventions. This phenomenological study aimed to characterize the patient journey and identify the unmet clinical, informational, and psychosocial needs of individuals living with Parkinson's disease in the Philippines through analysis of social media narratives. A qua

Disability transitions and life expectancy: a national longitudinal study on social isolation and loneliness in China.

BACKGROUND: Functional disability among older adults represents a dynamic process characterized by bidirectional transitions between states rather than a static condition. Social isolation and loneliness have emerged as potentially modifiable determinants of functional outcomes, yet evidence specifically examining their effects on disability state transitions remains limited. OBJECTIVE: To examine the independent and interactive associations of social isolation and loneliness with disability state transitions and life expectancy among Chinese adults aged ≥45 years. METHODS: We analyzed data

Recommended measurement protocols for sickle cell disease in the PhenX toolkit: psychosocial factors and social determinants of health.

OBJECTIVES: Consensus Measures for Phenotypes and eXposures (PhenX) Toolkit (https://www.phenxtoolkit.org/) is a web-based catalog of recommended measurement protocols and associated bioinformatics tools to assist with study design and facilitate cross-study data integration and analyses. Before February 2023 (v.44), protocols specific to sickle cell disease did not address key psychosocial factors or social determinants of health that impact care and outcomes. This paper describes the protocol selection process and final recommendations to address this limitation. METHODS: To identify protoc

Who is afraid of Hermy and Jimmy? Relating to and normalizing psychosis through theater.

OBJECTIVE: Psychotic experiences, such as hearing voices that others do not hear, being afraid of threats that others do not perceive, or be … ter can elucidate psychotic experiences, encourage dialogue about these experiences, and facilitate social integration and recovery of individuals living with psychosis. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Theater can promote social change, making space for a wider range of perspectives in society. Engaging individuals with lived experiences of psychosis in t …

Disengagement of somatostatin neurons from lateral septum circuitry by oxytocin and vasopressin restores social-fear extinction and suppresses aggression outbursts in Prader-Willi syndrome model.

BACKGROUND: Responding to social signals by expressing the correct behavior is not only challenged in autism, but also in diseases with high prevalence of autism, like Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). Clinical evidence suggests aberrant pro-social behavior in patients can be regulated by intranasal oxytocin (OXT) or vasopressin (AVP). However, what neuronal mechanisms underlie impaired behavioral responses in a socially-aversive context, and how can they be corrected, remains largely unknown. METHODS: Using the Magel2 knocked-out (KO) mouse model of PWS (crossed with CRE-dependent transgenic line

Social cognitive deficits and their neural correlates in progressive supranuclear palsy.

Although progressive supranuclear palsy is defined by its akinetic rigidity, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy and falls, cognitive impairments are an important determinant of patients' and carers' quality of life. Here, we investigate whether there is a broad deficit of modality-independent social cognition in progressive supranuclear palsy and explore the neural correlates for these. We recruited 23 patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (using clinical diagnostic criteria, nine with subsequent pathological confirmation) and 22 age- and education-matched controls. Participants performed

Social cognitive impairments and negative symptoms in schizophrenia: are there subtypes with distinct functional correlates?

Social cognitive impairments and negative symptoms are core features of schizophrenia closely associated with impaired community functioning. However, little is known about whether these are independent dimensions of illness and if so, whether individuals with schizophrenia can be meaningfully classified based on these dimensions (SANS) and potentially differentially treated. Five social cognitive measures plus Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) scores in a sample of 77 outpatients produced 2 distinct factors--a social cognitiv

[Narrative Ethicsfrom the Three Attributes of Life: Conceptual Analysis and Principle Construction].

The emergence of narrative medicine offers new possibilities for the research of bioethics.This paper proposes the concept of "life narrative ethics" and uses the three life attributes-natural life,spiritual life,and social life-as an analytical framework to reveal the ethical demands of life narratives in the finiteness of the physical body,the rupture of self-identity,and the transformation of social roles.On this basis,this paper distills four core principles:centering on life stories,dignity integration,interpretive humility,and reciprocal narrative relationships.These principles respectiv

Measuring level of service Integration within ECEC child centers: development and validation of the Index for child center Integration.

In early childhood education and care, professionals from childcare, education, and family support services engage in interprofessional collaboration. In this study, we present the background and development of the newly developed Index for Child Center Integration (ICCI), a comprehensive instrument designed to measure the level of collaboration at the organizational level between childcare, education, and family support services from the perspective of childcare and education. Interviews with managerial staff of 46 Dutch child centers were used to investigate the factor structure and evaluate

From body selectivity to socio-emotional meaning: where extrastriate body area stops.

The role of the extrastriate body area (EBA) in emotion perception remains unresolved. Building on Smekal et al. (Smekal V, Beckers L, Poyo Solanas M, de Gelder B. 2026. From localization to distribution: Revisiting the functional organization of the Extrastriate Body Area. Cereb Cortex: this issue) and our recent fMRI study (Yargholi E, Mertens L, Van Hove LI, Gunay EM, Vennekens J, Van den Stock J, Op de Beeck H. 2025. Alignment of human behavior, brain, and AI models in the high-level valence processing of complex social scenes. bioRxiv: 2025.2005.2008.651182), we argue that this partly ref