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Psychological Implications of Preterm Birth
Preterm birth which comprises about 10% of births globally has significant short and long term implications for the child, its parents and the wider family. It poses a significant physical and mental health as well as economic burden on society. While the physical health complications of preterm birth are reasonably well documented in the literature, the data in terms of psychological impacts is still quite thin, especially for the long term. Indeed, preterm birth and the precocious hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) might be highly distressful for both infants and parents. Different sources of stress (e.g., lights and sounds, parental separation, invasive and painful...
The Village Effect
Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker explores the impact of face-to-face contact from cradle to grave, from city to Sardinian mountain village, from classroom to workplace, from love to marriage to divorce. Her results are enlightening and enlivening, and they challenge our assumptions. Most of us have left the literal village behind, and don't want to give up our new technologies to go back there. But, as Pinker writes so compellingly, we need close social bonds and uninterrupted face-time with our friends and families in order to thrive - even to survive. Creating our own 'village effect' can make us happier. It can also save our lives.
Seminal
The complexities and controversies at the nexus of sperm, health, and politics In Seminal, experts from across the social sciences, humanities, law, and medicine offer a kaleidoscopic view of the relationship between sperm, health, and the intersecting politics of gender, race, and reproduction. Always insightful and often provocative, the essays in this unprecedented collection cover a broad range of issues related to male reproductive and sexual health—including the latest technological developments for creating sperm; the specter of eugenics in contemporary medical markets; emerging approaches to male contraceptive methods, male infertility, and trans healthcare; controversies surroundi...
