Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are said to have deficits in “theory of mind.” The present paper explores two main accounts of the mechanisms underlying these deficits. On one account, high-functioning adults with ASD struggle to infer others’ mental states. On another account, they lack an ability to integrate those mental states into a coherent understanding of action. We tes...

interdisciplinary studies have provided researches with new perspectives. the relation between literature and psychoanalysis is rather recent in iran; but even within this short period we have come to realize the benefits of such a relation to both literature and psychoanalysis. lacan's theories lead us towards interesting and sometimes decisive results in the analysis of characters and literar...

INTRODUCTION Policies internationally endorse the recovery paradigm as the appropriate foundation for youth mental health services. However, given that this paradigm is grounded in the views of adults with severe mental illness, applicability to youth services and relevance to young people is uncertain, particularly as little is known about young people's views. A comprehensive understanding of...

Attachment theory is a prominent social psychological framework for understanding patterns of thinking about relationships. According to this theory, individuals gradually develop mental models of relationships, and these models influence subsequent information processing. Different experiences in relationships are posited to lead to differences in accessibility of particular mental models. The...

physical attractiveness has set new standards, so that the management body in general and cosmetic surgery in particular become increasingly important; such as a range of different behaviors, health, body building, diet, and different types of surgery include. this study examined the meanings of mental patients for cosmetic surgery in tehran. participants in this study comprised 26 female patie...

Robert Cummins argues that any causal theory of mental content (CT) founders on an established fact of human psychology: that theory mediates sensory detection. He concludes, " CT is false in all its forms. " 1 Cummins takes his conclusion to follow from general characteristics of human sensory systems and CT; thus, he does not discuss in detail the nature of the theories that mediate sensory d...

The complexity of a mental disorder such as depression is such that a way of interlinking the neural, mental and interpersonal levels is needed. This paper proposes that a theoretical framework which distinguishes, and relates, macro-theory and micro-theory at these levels can serve this purpose. The 'Interacting Cognitive Subsystems' approach to mental architecture is used to show how, via the...

The Mental Image Directed Semantic Theory (MIDST) has proposed an omnisensual mental image model and its description language Lmd. This paper presents a brief sketch of the MIDST, and focuses on word meaning description and text understanding in association with the mental image model in view of cross-media reference between text and picture.

This study explores mental health clinicians’ use of attachment theory in the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). There are many quantitative studies that show a correlation between substance use and insecure attachment style, yet there is little research that looks at whether or how mental health clinicians are using attachment theory in treatment or the possible benefits and limitati...

sun light accompany with rest and fresh air is beneficial for maintenance of health. although scientific and laboratory witnesses have shown the relationship between light exposure and mental health, the live experience of pleasure feeling of sunlight is far more than what is accepted by experimental and observational researches. patient with affective disorders have been treated by increasing ...