Sentence examples for psychosocial issue from inspiring English sources

In the context of famine, sexual violence is being de-prioritised as primarily a psychosocial issue.

"To simplify a complex medical and psychosocial issue into a criminal issue is really just like using a hammer to play the piano," says Dr. Deborah Frank, a pediatrician and director of Boston Medical Center's Grow Clinic for Children.

These treatment methods fit the belief held by Chinese-speaking Australians that depression is a psychosocial issue and that one can overcome unhappiness through lifestyle modification.

The presence of each additional psychosocial issue was in turn associated with a greater likelihood of engaging in unprotected anal intercourse.

Nevertheless, the ratio of the number of psychosocial to biomedical issues discussed was low at 0.14, and similar to the 0.2 ratio reported by Ford et al (1996), indicating that 8.3 biomedical issues were discussed for every one psychosocial issue.

The audiotapes of the counseling sessions will be coded for who initiated the discussion of each specific psychosocial issue (i.e., the counselee or the counselor), the amount of time spent talking about psychosocial issues, and the total length of the counseling session.

And survivors face unique psychosocial issues — as they think about future fertility, finishing school or starting a career.

"We do dermatology, sports medicine, psychology, gynecology, orthopedic issues, psychosocial issues, substance abuse and address problems of developing sexuality," said Dr. Brown, a specialist in adolescent medicine who is chairman of pediatrics at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa.

Dr. Alice D. Dreger, a historian of medicine who until recently was the chairwoman of the intersex society's board, says that surgeons had sought to convert complex psychosocial issues into simple anatomical problems that could be fixed.

It's estimated that seventy per cent of a primary-care doctor's practice now involves management of psychosocial issues ranging from marriage counselling to treatment of anxiety and depression.

The aim is to describe the range of psychosocial issues that psychosocial support programmes may need to address.