Are altruistic social interest behaviors associated with better mental health?
Helping others is associated with higher levels of mental health, above and beyond the benefits of receiving help and other known psychospiritual, stress, and demographic factors. The links between these findings and response shift theory are discussed, and implications for clinical interventions and future research are described.
BB are associated with significantly reduced mortality in patients with TBI. This simple, inexpensive intervention may have a profound effect on mortality in this population of injured patients and requires further prospective study.