Self-harm by poisoning in Mauritius

Suicide rates and rates of self-harm are high in Mauritius. This report concerns a comprehensive analysis of the incidence of self-poisoning on the island. The incidence of self-poisoning could be minimised if all the causative factors contributing to the practice were identified. Since this form of self-harm is influenced by demographic patterns, the social and economic environment, legal provisions and the healthcare system, a study specific to Mauritius will be of great relevance.

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Are recent increases in deliberate self-harm associated with changes in socio-economic conditions? An ecological analysis of patterns of deliberate self-harm in Bristol 1972–3 and 1995–6

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291799002688 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 1197-1203 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

D. GUNNELL ◽

M. SHEPHERD ◽

M. EVANS

Keyword(s):

Economic Environment ◽

Ecological Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Deliberate Self Harm ◽

Social Fragmentation ◽

Influence Area ◽

Fragmentation Index ◽

The Social ◽

Self Harm ◽

The City

Background. The incidence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in Britain has increased markedly over the last 30 years. Reasons for this rise are not clear. We have investigated whether changes in the social and economic environment underlie any of the recent increase in DSH incidence.Methods. An ecological analysis was used to assess associations between changes in census-based measures of the social and economic environment – the Townsend Deprivation Index and a three-factor social fragmentation index – and changes in age- and sex-specific hospital attendance rates for DSH for the 28 wards of the city of Bristol between 1972–3 and 1995–6.Results. There were significant cross-sectional associations between the Townsend Index and rates of DSH in both males and females in both time periods. Increases in Townsend Index were also associated with increases in DSH. This association was statistically significant at the 5% level in 25–34 year-old females. Associations with the social fragmentation index were weak, although our index was based on rather limited data.Conclusions. This analysis suggests that changes in levels of socio-economic deprivation may influence area-specific patterns of DSH and such changes may have contributed to recent rises in DSH.

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Music Therapy should be Integrated in Healthcare System: A Review

Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & Psychotherapy ◽

10.24321/2581.5822.201802 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 01 (3&4) ◽

pp. 16-20

Author(s):

Cynthal JK ◽

Keyword(s):

Music Therapy ◽

Healthcare System ◽

System A

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The EMIRATES Framework: Emergency Management Integrated Roadmap Aimed Towards Every Healthcare System. A Conceptual Framework

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.24911/sjemed/72-1600102703 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Saleh Fares

Keyword(s):

Emergency Management ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Healthcare System ◽

System A

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A Comparison of CSR Disclosure Guidelines and a Self-Prepared CSR Disclosure Index- A Study of Select Automotive Companies

International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies ◽

10.21863/ijbede/2015.4.2.007 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

N.K. Gupta ◽

Shilki Bhatia

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Economic Environment ◽

Global Reporting Initiative ◽

The Social ◽

Regulatory Bodies ◽

Csr Disclosure ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Voluntary Guidelines

In India, corporate social responsibility and its disclosure got attention during the eighties and have been gaining importance with time in present economic environment, especially after adoption of liberalization, privatization, and globalization (LPG) (Goswami, 2011). Guidelines, principles, and codes are being developed by various regulatory bodies in India and across the globe to increase transparency and accountability about both a companys daily operations and the impact of these operations on society (Tran, 2014) In this paper, the author has studied the CSR guidelines laid down by Global Reporting Initiative G3.1 (GRI-G-3) and The National Voluntary Guidelines by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (NVG-MCA) and has compared them with a self-composed CSR Disclosure Index (CSRDI). The social responsibility initiatives taken by select Indian Automotive Companies have been analyzed and the companies have been rated as per the disclosures made by them. The main focus of the research is to compare the CSR Rankings of companies as per CSRDI with the companies rankings as per GRI-G-3 and NVG-MCA. It was observed that out of 30 sensex companies, Maruti Suzuki and TATA Motors have been the pioneers in contribution towards CSR initiatives. The top five rated companies were TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Hero Motocorp, Bajaj Auto, and Apollo Tyres.

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The Meaning of the Matrix: Towards a Cybernetic Critical Theory of Capitalism

Issues in Social Science ◽

10.5296/iss.v6i1.12953 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Shay Hershkovitz

Keyword(s):

Social Systems ◽

Theoretical Concept ◽

Social Actors ◽

System A ◽

The Social ◽

Social Entity ◽

Key Concepts ◽

The Matrix ◽

Critical Approaches ◽

Operational Logic

Marxist criticism is most discernible; despite the oft-repeated claim that it is now irrelevant, belonging to an age now past. This essay assumes that criticism originating in the Marxist school of thought continue to be relevant also in this present time; though it may need to be further developed and improved by integrating newer critical approaches into the classic Marxist discourse. This essay therefore integrates basic Marxist ideas with key concepts from ‘social systems theory’; especially the theory of the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann's. In this light, capitalism is conceptualized here as a ‘super (social) system’: a meaning-creating social entity, in which social actors, behaviors and structures are realized. This theoretical concept and terminology emphasizes the social construction of control and stability, when discussing the operational logic of capitalism.

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Prevalence and characteristics of starvation‐related malnutrition in a mid‐atlantic healthcare system: a cohort study

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ◽

10.1002/jpen.2114 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luke O. Smith ◽

Michael T. Vest ◽

Alisha J. Rovner ◽

Mary Shapero ◽

Richard R. Suminski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Healthcare System ◽

System A

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B is for Bias

International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics ◽

10.4018/ijabe.2014040103 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 35-47

Author(s):

Calin Valsan

Keyword(s):

Economic Theory ◽

Rational Expectations ◽

Economic Environment ◽

Rational Agents ◽

Economic Agents ◽

Behavioral Biases ◽

The Social ◽

Modern Economic

Standard economic theory assumes rational agents. Individuals are expected to have rational expectations and constantly optimize their choices. Modern economic and financial theory is build under the assumption of rationality. There is plenty of evidence from psychology, however, that individuals are biased and rely heavily on heuristics in order to make decisions. Yet, this is not a mere fluke, a behavioral oddity. Because the social and economic environment in which individuals evolve is complex, behavioral biases represent evolutionary adaptations allowing economic agents to deal with undecidability and computational irreducibility.

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Political Competition, Partisanship and Interpersonal Trust in Electoral Democracies

British Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0007123415000526 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 115-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Ryan E. Carlin ◽

Gregory J. Love

Keyword(s):

Party System ◽

Social Preferences ◽

Political Competition ◽

Interpersonal Trust ◽

The United States ◽

Behavioral Experiments ◽

Minimal Group ◽

System A ◽

The Social ◽

Osama Bin Laden

How does democratic politics inform the interdisciplinary debate on the evolution of human co-operation and the social preferences (for example, trust, altruism and reciprocity) that support it? This article advances a theory of partisan trust discrimination in electoral democracies based on social identity, cognitive heuristics and interparty competition. Evidence from behavioral experiments in eight democracies show ‘trust gaps’ between co- and rival partisans are ubiquitous, and larger than trust gaps based on the social identities that undergird the party system. A natural experiment found that partisan trust gaps in the United States disappeared immediately following the killing of Osama bin Laden. But observational data indicate that partisan trust gaps track with perceptions of party polarization in all eight cases. Finally, the effects of partisanship on trust outstrip minimal group treatments, yet minimal-group effects are on par with the effects of most treatments for ascriptive characteristics in the literature. In sum, these findings suggest political competition dramatically shapes the salience of partisanship in interpersonal trust, the foundation of co-operation.

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