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  • Factors affecting substance abuse treatment across different treatment phases 

    Flora, Katerina; Stalikas, Anastassios (The International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2013)
    The effective therapy of substance abuse is attributed to a wide range of factors. A relevant bibliography review has highlighted those factors, which are most commonly employed by mental health professionals: Readiness ...

  • Factors affecting substance abuse treatment in Greece and their course during therapy 

    Flora, Katerina; Stalikas, Anastassios (Elsevier, 2012-12)
    The effective therapy of substance abuse is attributed to a wide range of factors. A relevant bibliography review has highlighted those factors, which are most commonly employed by mental health professionals: Readiness ...

  • Factors influencing prescribing behaviour of physicians in Greece and Cyprus. Results from a questionnaire based survey 

    Theodorou, Mamas; Tsiantou, Vasiliki; Pavlakis, Andreas; Maniadakis, Nikos; Fragoulakis, Vasilis; Pavi, Elpida; Kyriopoulos, John (BioMed Central, 2009)
    Over the past few decades, drug and overall healthcare expenditure have risen rapidly in most countries. The present study investigates the attitudes and the factors which influence physician prescribing decisions and ...

  • Family burden of schizophrenic patients and the welfare system; the case of Cyprus 

    Panayiotopoulos, Christos; Pavlakis, Andreas; Apostolou, Menelaos (2013)
    Background: The shift from asylum to community care for mental health patients has burdened the providers of primary health care and, more than all, families. As a result, numerous studies [Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr ...

  • A First Description of Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous Members in Greece: Prior Treatment History and Opinions about Professionals 

    Raftopoulos, Antonis; Flora, Katerina (Sage Journal, 2007-03)
    Although the self-help groups of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) in Greece have existed for more than twenty years, research on them in Greece is limited. This first study was conducted September ...

  • The Flow Short Scale (FSS) Dimensionality and What MIMIC Shows on Heterogeneity and Invariance 

    Kyriazos, Theodoros A.; Stalikas, Anastassios; Prassa, Konstantina; Galanakis, Michael; Flora, Katerina; Chatzilia, Varvara (Scientific research publishing, 2018)
    The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of the Flow Short Scale by Rheinberg, Vollmeyer, and Engeser in 160 Greek adults. State flow (as opposed to dispositional flow) was measured while ...

  • From Energy Security to Energy Dominance: US’ Blending of Politics and Economics 

    Balafas, Vasileios; Fakiolas, Efstathios T. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
    In the aftermath of the successful ‘America First’ or ‘Make America Great Again’ presidential election campaign, President Trump’s era inaugurated the realm of energy politics. It began with the US withdrawal from the ...

  • Gender Discrimination and Nursing: Α Literature Review 

    Kouta, Christiana; Kaite, Charis P. (Elsevier, 2011)
    This article aims to examine gender stereotypes in relation to men in nursing, discuss gender discrimination cases in nursing, and explore methods used for promoting equal educational opportunities during nursing studies. ...

  • The "Good" as a predicate 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, 1988)
    I am investigating here the possibility of predicates being ontologically fundamental in the sphere of the practical. I shall therefore, attempt to reconstruct as favourably as I can Moore's theory of the «good» as a ...

  • Greece still the EU's weak link? 

    Kounalakis, Markos; Klapsis, Antonis (Atlantic Council. Eurasian Center, 2017)
    Russia has always had a strong—and sometimes reciprocated—interest in Greece. From the birth of modern Greece during its 1821 revolution against Ottoman Turkey to its contemporary relations with Greece’s ruling leftist ...

  • Greek Adult Population with Specific Learning Disabilities: Epidemiology, Demographics and Gender Differences 

    Bampalou, Christina Ε.; Kouimtzi, Eleni M.; Bonti, Eleni; Kyritsis, Zacharias (2020)
    : The aim of this study was to collect information about demographic characteristics of a clinical sample of Greek adults with specific learning disabilities (SLD) who referred themselves for learning assessment in a ...

  • Greek School Principals’ Efficacy Beliefs on Teacher Performance Evaluation 

    Kaltsonoudi, Kalliope; Athanasoula-Reppa, Anastasia (Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2016)
    This study, through quantitative approach, aims to determine the level of Greek school prin-cipals’ self-efficacy (SE) beliefs regarding their new role as evaluators of their teaching staff. It also aims to examine how ...

  • Greek Young Adults with Specific Learning Disabilities Seeking Learning Assessments 

    Bonti, Eleni; Bampalou, Christina Ε.; Kouimtzi, Eleni M.; Kyritsis, Zacharias (2018)
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons why Greek young adults with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) seek learning assessments. The study sample consisted of 106 adults meeting Diagnostic and Statistical ...

  • Greek-Cypriot mental health nurses’ professional satisfaction and association with mild psychiatric symptoms 

    Karanikola, Maria N. K.; Kaite, Charis P. (Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc., 2013)
    The present descriptive correlational study aims to explore among Greek-Cypriot mental health nurses (MHNs) the level of professional satisfaction, potential differences with regard to vocational characteristics, and ...

  • The headmaster's regulation of school conflicts 

    Argyriou, Argyris; Andreadou, Despoina; Athanasoula-Reppa, Anastasia (UNESCO Chair in Gender Equality and Women's empowermentUniversity of Cyprus, 2012)
    The present work researches the types as well as the frequency of conflicts occurring in a school unit of Secondary Education. Furthermore, it eχamines the ways chosen by the school Headmasters to regulate the various ...

  • Health Issues among female migrant Domestic Workers 

    Kouta, Christiana; Kaite, Charis P. (Garant Publisher, 2012)
    Female migrant domestic workers face discrimination in the health care system concerning their access to good quality health services, as well as in participation in policy and decision making (ILO, 2010; MIGS, 2008) In ...

  • Health-related Quality of Life in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Children with Down Syndrome 

    Katsiana, Aikaterini; Strimpakos, Nikolaos; Ioannis, Ventoulis; Kapreli, Eleni; Sofologi, Maria; Bonti, Eleni; Stiliani, Kotrotsiou; Stalikas, Anastasios (2020-06)
    Introduction: Measuring health- related quality of life (HRQoL) is very important for children with developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Down syndrome (DS). However, no HRQoL studies found in ...

  • Home Nursing in Cyprus 

    Kouta, Christiana; Kaite, Charis P. (Springer, 2016)
    Aging demographic changes suggest an increased demand on health and social services and elderly people prefer to be in their own homes and communities. The majority of elderly people prefer to stay at home for any form of ...

  • Human security in EU strategy: reflecting on the experience of EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina and EULEX in Kosovo 

    Fakiolas, Efstathios T.; Tzifakis, Nikolaos (Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019)
    In the early 2000s, the EU incrementally appeared to have espoused a distinguishing human security discourse. This was bound not only to inform its crisis management operations but also to shape its global role. Today, the ...

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: Evidence from Cyprus 

    Mousoulidou, Marilena; Siakalli, Michailina; Christodoulou, Andri; Argyrides, Marios (MDPI, 2021)
    The aim of the current study was to examine mental health effects of the first wave of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) in Cyprus. Accordingly, 388 individuals aged 18–65+ responded to the Components of Mental Health ...