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Cross-national variance in smoking prevalence is relatively well documented. The aim of this study is to estimate levels of smoking persistence across 21 countries with a hypothesized inverse relationship between country income level and smoking persistence. Data from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative were used to estimate cross-national differences in smoking persistence-the proportion of adults who started to smoke and persisted in smoking by the date of the survey. There is large variation in smoking persistence from 25% [Nigeria] to 85% [China], with a random-effects meta-analytic summary estimate of 55% with considerable cross-national variation. [Cochran's heterogeneity Q statistic = 6845; p < 0.001]. Meta-regressions indicated that observed differences are not attributable to differences in country's income level, age distribution of smokers, or how recent the onset of smoking began within each country. While smoking should remain an important public health issue in any country where smokers are present, this report identifies several countries with higher levels of smoking persistence [namely, China and India]
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Income , Meta-Analysis as TopicABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate personality disorders of recidivists. Method: PDQ (Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire) was administered to 122 recidivist and 932 first offenders. Result: Compared with first offenders, the recidivists had higher possibility to be a drug abuser or to have traffic in narcotics, they had lower education level and got higher scores in total score, paranoid, antisocial, borderline subscales of PDQ. Conclusion: The recidivists have more personality defects.
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Objective: To evaluate the defense mechanisms most frequently used by Chinese patients with panic disorder.Methods: Forty-seven panic patients with or without agoraphobia,and thirty-senven controls participated in the study.The Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMD,Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA) and global assessment function(GAF) were applied to assess the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms and social and occupational function,respectively.Defensive Style Questionnaire(DSQ-88) was used to evaluate defense mechanisms.Results: Compared with controls,panic patients had higher scores in projection,splitting,regression,somatization and total scores of immature defenses and higher scores in idealization,pseudo-altruism,omnipotence-devaluation,attiliation and total scores of neurotic defenses(P