background: one of the problems at the present age is anxiety, feelings of hopelessness and nihilism among humans that would cause many problems in life so that stress has called new civilization diseases. this issue would be doubled importance of addressing to this subject and find a way for the treatment and prevention of mental health risk. methods: this study was conducted with library meth...

having a positive approach toward the affairs also involves a comprehensive and systematic one in order to represent suitable solutions coincided with social realities. under the current situations, one of them is called social capital which is refered as missing link . although this term doesn’t have any background in social literature, but its importance and usage in almost any field of socia...

objectives: multiple studies have noted the positive effect of fasting on mental health improvement. the present study was conducted to determine the effect of fasting on mental health in the general population of kermanshah, iran. methods: in this analytical research, one-group pretest-posttest design was used for the evaluation of 110 residents of kermanshah city. general health questionnaire...

conclusions psychoeducation resulted in improved mental health in patients with coronary heart disease. therefore, it is recommended that this approach be performed as a complementary, effective, non-invasive, low-cost nursing intervention to reduce psychological problems in these patients. background patients with coronary heart disease are at high risk for mental health disorders, such as dep...

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background self immolation is a heinous way to commit suicide which is mostly prevalent in individuals who attempt to escape a stressful situation and is considered as a strange and unusual method. objectives this study examined demographic characteristics and mental health in self immolation attempters in the city of bandar abbas. materials and methods two groups are involved in this enquiry. ...

background. in the medical sense, stigma has been defined as the collection of negative attitudes and beliefs that are directed at people living with a particular condition or disease process. a cohort study was conducted to explore the hiv stigma that is perceived by hiv positive individuals versus that perceived by the general population within a community based dental clinic. methods. two se...

objective: there are disparities in mental health services (mhs) utilization within and between populations and several factors are studied as its potential correlates. identifying those correlates would help health policy makers to adjust service provision with characteristics of their community. to evaluate demographic, socioeconomic and system correlates of mhs utilization among married wome...

factors influencing cross-national diffusion of mental health policy are important to understand but complex to research. this commentary discusses shen’s research study on cross-national diffusion of mental health policy; examines the extent to which the three questions researched by shen (whether countries are more likely to have a mental health policy (a) the earlier a country becomes a memb...

conclusions: this study showed that a considerable portion of patients with ra may have mental problems. the probability of these problems increased with more severe and more prolonged disease. results: ghq28 screening test showed that psychological problems were seen in 49% of studied patients. there were significant difference between duration of disease and das-28 score between the two group...