Mental Health

Behind the stories of war, epidemics, and catastrophes are the unsung heroes who attend to the suffering, Becoming Human tells the compelling story of one unique group: the Society of Medical Mission Sisters.

This book deals with the construction and evaluation of a guideline to evaluate the quality of the care structure, i.e. physical and organizational charactistics of a care setting, in treatment centers for mildly mentally retarded (MMR) children and young people with emotional and behavioral disturbances (EBD).

War and peacekeeping leave an indelible memory in the minds of veterans, especially when they have faced life-threatening events or lost a comrade in combat. These personal tragedies are devastating and set in motion a search for meaning about why they happened and what makes life valuable. The central aim of this thesis is to explore the significance of meaning in the process of cognitive adaptation after military deployment among Dutch veterans who were deployed during war and peacekeeping operations.

In this study, burnout has been studied among Dutch teachers using the theoretical frame of equity theory. Burnout is a metaphor that describes a particular syndrome which is typically found in human service professions, such as teaching, and is assumed to be linked to the emotional strain of working frequently and intensively with other people.