Among non-traditional threats to security, the problem of refugees is an important one. Because of political turmoil in several parts of the world, refugee flows are going beyond the capacity of the international system of handle. In South Asia,…
In India urbanisation has increased from 27.81 per cent in 2001 to 31.16 per cent in 2011. The same trend has even continued in Karnataka also i.e. from 34 per cent in 2001 to 38.57 per cent in 2011. As Urban Local Bodies [ULBs] are the major service…
The paper explores official policies towards Prostitution and the spread of Venereal Diseases in the Cantonment and Mysore Provinces. A medico-military discourse emerged in the Cantonment with the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among white…
Schizophrenia, a major mental illness, is associated withdisability in almost all areas of living. A psychosocialrehabilitation programme that comprehensivelyaddresses the needs felt by users is essential for themanagement of this disability. This…
Drawing on long-term qualitative research conducted with migrants in Britain, this contribution explores the methodological possibilities of viewing “postness” as a subjective sense of aftermath which creates a space for narrating individual…
This study reports relationship of self-esteem on variables of shyness,personally and academic achievements in high school students.In the present study ,Coopersmith's Self Esteem Inventory ,Crozier's Shyness Scale ,Eysenck's Personally Inventory…
This article explores the relationships between resilience and occupational stress among psychotherapists. Using a phenomenological paradigm, ten Psychotherapists in clinical practice were interviewed to explore the intrinsic and extrinsic factors…
Mental Health is a determinant of reproductive mortality and morbidity especially in the developing regions of the world with reproductive health problems. The right to sexual and reproductive health has been enunciated by the United Nations as a…
Child sexual abuse is a major public health problem with significant psychosocial consequences (Afifi & Macmillan, 2011). All child sexual abuse victims do not depict adverse consequences in later life. The variability of impact in a potentially…
The forward and backward linkages between conservation, governance and people’s initiatives have been a widely accepted paradigm in the domain of sustainable forest management. Forest Rights Act, 2006, is remarkable as it is the only law which is…
