Introduction Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the few non-pharmacological stimulation treatment which cost effective, effecious and lifesaving in various psychiatric disorders. Although myths misconceptions prevailed a society undermine usefulness such treatment. Objectives Attitude towards among patients. Methods It was descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Department Psychia...

Introduction Erving Goffman described stigma as an attribute considered to be undesirable and unpleasant by society which differentiates the stigmatised person from other members of community that he or she should belong to. (Hankir AK, et al., 2014). Mental illness has been always associated with stigma, moreover people serious mental have higher rates mortality morbidity. (Patrick W. Corrigan...

Patient rights is one of the essential rights that should be considered by the medical staff, checking and comparing the attitudes of first and last year medical students to inform the ethical points of service delivery is important. The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate of first and last year medical students' attitude about respecting patients' rights in hospitals of Bushehr Unive...

A prospective study was conducted to develop, validate and assess the usefulness of the patient information leaflets for selected diseases among the patient population. Flesch readability ease score, Baker Able leaflet design criteria were applied to develop the patient information leaflets. The leaflets were validated for both content and translation. Eligible patients meeting the study criter...