Arash Mirabzadeh
Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of two aftercare models provided by general physicians and nurses to patients with severe mental illness
Background: Implementing community-based psychiatric services is one of the priorities of the WHO/EMRO mental health programs. This study presents an aftercare service, as a community based-service, for patients with severe mental illness (SMIs). Methods : In this randomized controlled clinical trial design, 176 patients, who attended selective hospitals with SMI, were allocated into three ...
[ 2 ] - Pattern of Psychotropic Drug Prescription in the Elderly with Chronic Schizophrenia
Objectives: Psychotropic drug use in the elderly with chronic schizophrenia is an important issue in the field of psychiatry. The main goal of this study was to clarify the pattern of such drug use in these patients, in order to consider such therapy plan and focus on its cost attributing measures, for a more reasonable quality of care program. Methods: In this descriptive study, participant...
[ 3 ] - بررسی همبستگی عزت نفس با استرس درک شده در بارداری و راهکارهای مقابله با آن
سابقه و هدف: استرس در دوران بارداری می‌تواند با پیامدهای نامطلوب و طولانی مدت برای مادر و جنین همراه باشد. لذا شناخت عواملی که بر کنترل استرس مؤثرند می‌تواند نقش عمده‌ای در سلامت روان زنان در دوران بارداری داشته باشد. بر همین اساس، پژوهش حاضر با هدف تعیین همبستگی عزت نفس با میزان استرس درک شده در بارداری و راهکارهای مقابله با آن طراحی شد. مواد و روش‌ها: مطالعه به صورت مقطعی انجام شد. ابتدا شهر...
[ 4 ] - A Comparative Study of Nurses as Case Manager and Telephone Follow-up on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Severe Mental Illness
Background: Providing community-based mental health services is crucial and is an agreed plan between the Iranian Mental Health Office and the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (affiliated with WHO). The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of home-visit clinical case-management services on the hospitalization rate and other clinical outcomes in patients with seve...
[ 5 ] - Comparing Comorbid Profile and the Pattern of Non-Psychiatric Medicine Use Between Elderly and Non-Elderly Patients with Schizophrenia
Objectives: Patients with schizophrenia receive psychiatric medications for many years, and their comorbid profile in old age remains unclear. Moreover, their pattern of non-psychiatric medicine use is of importance. Rehabilitation is crucial in patients with schizophrenia because it improves their strengths and life skills to live independently. These issues are essential in terms of polypharm...
[ 6 ] - Comparing the Effects of Adjunct Aspirin and Simvastatin on Psychopathology among Inpatients with Schizophrenia
Objectives: As a severe mental health condition, schizophrenia presents a chronic and complex clinical manifestation and neuropathology. A large body of literature exists on the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia. However, evidence on some dimensions of such interventions (e.g., eligible candidates, potential predicting factors of the therapeutic outcomes, safe implementation of these i...
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