Abstract. How does having a sister with Retts syndrome affect life, both practically and emotionally? There are few studies about being siblings of retarded children and most of them are about 20 years old. There is little ...

Introduction: Various studies show that medical students suffer from a lot of stress, both academic and in coping with patients and situations occurring in a hospital. Many find that their social life is impaired due to ...

Abstract Introduction We have investigated the mortality pattern of Norwegian doctors, human service occupations, other graduates and the general population during the period 1960-2000 by decades, gender and age. ...

Abstract Background Non-specific chest pain in patients with normal coronary arteries is common and leads to excessive use of medical care and morbidity in patients. A number of common psychiatric disorders have been ...

ABSTRACT: Background. A robbery can be a traumatic and violent experience. It can possibly give psychological symptoms for a long time. In this study we examine psychological symptoms in subjects that have been robbed. ...

There is a growing recognition in the medical community and in the society in general that being a good doctor requires more than strong scientific knowledge and excellent clinical skills. Leadership and management in the ...

The aims of the study were to: (1) Describe illness perception in individuals with subjective sleep complaints and high risk of sleep disordered breathing and compare the results with those of other studies. (2) Study the ...

Aims: To study the impact of a treatment programme for flight anxiety on other anxiety symptoms, and to assess the impact of previous nervous problems and previous contact with a psychiatrist/psychologist on the degree of ...

Aims: To study 1) the prevalence of flight anxiety among Norwegian airline passengers according to sosiodemographic variables 2) situations that make concern during flights and situations not related to flying and 3) whether ...

In this review I present studies concerning the processing of music in the brain. The aim of the review was to identify neurobiological mechanisms underlying music therapy effects, with special focus on music used for pain ...