Many social and cultural factors have a major impact on post-partum depression. Post-partum depression, when viewed from a biomedical framework, fails to acknowledge the role of context in the production of emotional distress in the post-partum period.

We examined the effect of a structured educational programme on explanatory models of illness among the relatives of people with schizophrenia, in a randomised controlled trial. Participants were assessed at baseline (n=100) and after 2 weeks (n=75) using a vignette from the Short Explanatory Model Interview. There was a reduction in non-biomedical causal explanatory models at follow-up among those who had completed the structured educational programme compared with the control group. There was no significant difference in non-biomedical treatment explanatory models between the two groups.

A cross-sectional survey was carried out among the nurses working in Christian Medical College, Vellore. Total enumerative sample technique was used to select the sample. Female nurses between the age group of 20 and 60 years who could speak and write English were included in the study. Nurses on long leave, unwilling to participate in the study and with experience less than 3 months were excluded.The instrument used was a self-administered questionnaire which included demographic data and a survey instrument. The demographic data comprised of age, designation, years of experience, place of work, body mass idex (BMI) categorized as healthy (18.5 to <25), overweight (25 to <30), obese (30 to <35), and very obese (> 35) and presence of low back pain. Keele STarT Back Screening Tool, a standardized and

Healthcare professionals should train caregivers during hospital visits, empowering them to manage acute symptoms and provide simple nursing care. This is doubly important in countries where resources are limited and palliative care facilities scarce.

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