objectives: the main purpose of this study was to determine the interactive role of physical activity and personality traits inpsychosocial development of elders. methods & materials: this research was a casual comparative with 300 elders (150 active and 150 non-actives) with 60-85 years old from tehran selected as statistical sample on available bases. all subjects completed psychosocial devel...

objective: addiction is one of the most vulnerable social issues and the tendency to it involve several factors, including psychosocial stressors (life unpleasant events), and inability to deal with these stressors and the belief that drug use will lead to the desired result. this study was conducted to determine the relationship between psychosocial stressors and vulnerability to drug abuse am...

Negative affect (e.g., depression) is associated with accelerated age-related cognitive decline and heightened dementia risk. Fewer studies examine positive psychosocial factors (e.g., emotional support, self-efficacy) in cognitive aging. Preliminary reports suggest that these variables predict slower cognitive decline independent of negative affect. No reports have examined these factors in a ...

background: many literatures have documented that psychosocial care can improve health outcomes and reduce morbidity in women with breast cancer. the aim of this study was to evaluate the opinion of the breast cancer professional team members on integration of psychosocial care in regular management of breast cancer. methods: a cross sectional sample of 313 physicians involving in diagnosis, tr...

how to cite this article: pattanayak rd, sagar r. psychiatric aspects of childhood epilepsy. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2):9-18. childhood epilepsy is a chronic, recurrent disorder of unprovoked seizures. theonset of epilepsy in childhood has significant implications for brain growth anddevelopment. seizures may impair the ongoing neurodevelopmental processes and compromise the child’s intellec...

background: exposure to human blood and body fluids is a common risk for nurses. many factors can affect the prevalence and incidence of this occupational hazard. psychosocial factors at work may be a risk factor for the exposure. objective: to assess needle stick, sharp injury and mucus exposure to blood-borne pathogens among nurses in iran and to determine the association between these exposu...

OBJECTIVE To analyze factors that influence patient's satisfaction with orthognathic treatment and evaluate patient's perception of changes in physical and psychosocial aspects. METHODS In a retrospective clinical study conducted at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan between December 2006 and December 2007, we examined 38 patients who had orthognathic surgery after an average follow-up...