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Knettel, Brandon A.; Cherenack, Emily M.; Friis, Elsa A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objectives: International students face increased vulnerability for mental health challenges, but underutilize counseling compared to their domestic peers. We examined beliefs regarding the causes of mental illness, known as attributions, which may impact treatment-seeking and stigma. Participants: Surveys were collected from 680 international…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Schizophrenia
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Assumpcao, F. B., Jr. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998
A case study is presented of a Brazilian adolescent with a behavioral profile meeting the criteria of autism. After clinical and laboratory examinations, it was found that he had an abnormal karyotype. The need for case studies to develop data for defining an etiological basis for diagnosis is emphasized. (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis
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Santos, Silvana; Bizzo, Nelio – Science Education, 2005
This study focuses on everyday or lay understandings of inheritance. In the northeastern Brazil, 100 individuals were interviewed in order to describe how they explain the origin of genetic disorders affecting their relatives for several generations. There were involved 60 individuals from a large consanguineous family with many members affected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Family (Sociological Unit), Genetics