Domestic Violence: A Brief Description Based on an international landmark study by the World-Health Organization (WHO, 2006; Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006), domestic violence in Thailand ranks high in the categories of sexual violence and combined sexual and physical violence, with higher prevalence in rural areas (Garcia-Moreno et al., p. 1265). A survey by Mahidol University’s National Institute for Child and Family Development in 2012 reported a sharp increase in domestic abuse encompassing 30.8 % of…
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On Aggression between Groups
A conceptual Postscriptum to ‘Is Thailand heading Towards a Failed Nation?’ Dear Readers, for the May Issue of ‘Live Encounters’ I have published an article with the title ‘Is Thailand heading Towards a Failed Nation?’ which can be found here. You can also locate it in the magazine’s PDF version. I found the topic exciting enough to add the post-scriptum below. Special thanks go to Mark Ulyseas for inviting me as an author. Ingroup favouritism and outgroup derogation (Brewer, 1999) are obvious…
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Children of a Broken World – The Long Road to a Democratic Safe Haven
Democracy and wealth are the secret hopes on the wish-list of the neglected global child. All over the world people expect that with the advent of industrialization and the abandonment of dictatorships better and happier times will eventually unravel, but in reality this is hardly ever the case. Instead, corruption, social and political inequality, majoritism as the favoritism of self-declared elites and, most depressingly, the consolidation of these phenomena into a self-perpetuating dysfunctional global system…
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Teratogenic Dangers: What Pregnant Women in Thailand should Know
Overview Teratogens are agents or factors that damage the prenatal cellular development of a fetus. Common teratogenes such as alcohol and nicotine (Arnett, 2012, p.70-71) are well-established. What is lesser known in the context of Thailand (and similarly developing nations) are teratogenic agents in seafood such as mercury or teratogenic factors such as iodine deficiency. Both pose significant educational problems in later life. Thai version (PDF): สิ่งที่หญิงไทยมีครรภ์ควรรู้-อันตรายจากสารที่มีผลต่อการเจริญเติบโตของตัวอ่อนหรือทารกในครรภ์ Teratogenic agent Mercury Many fish in some of Thailand’s favorite seafood…
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How Thailand lacks Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health Care
Picture: Many homeless, especially in Bangkok, suffer from schizophrenia which is the most common mental health disorder in Thailand. Abandoned by their families they live estranged solitary lives at the edge of society 1. Role of the Principal Government Agency in Thailand In Thailand public mental health services are governed centrally for all of its 76 provinces by the Department of Mental Health (DOMH) as a subdivision of the Ministry of Public Health. The agency is…
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Changing Corruption Behavior in Thailand (Thai Version), การเปลี่ยนแปลงพฤติกรรมการทุจริตคอรัปชั่นในประเทศไทย
The Thai version of the script ‘Changing Corruption Behavior in Thailand’ for my Thai friends and colleagues. Changing Corruption Behavior in Thailand (Thai version) 2013 The English Version is posted at https://joanakompa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/changing-corruption-behaviour.pdf
Thailand’s Fragile Happiness
Thailand is famously named ‘The Land of Smiles’. This is an investigation into Thailand’s collective happiness. Click on the link below to open the essay. Picture by J.S.Kompa. (SWB = Subjective Emotional Well-Being as opposed to Reflective Life-Evaluation) Thailand’s Happiness
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