objective: university students account for human resource of each society and will make the future of their country. psychological disturbances such as depression and hopelessness can affect daily life and scholastic process of university students. the authors intended to determine the prevalence of depression amongst students of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran. metho...

effects of cardiac rehabilitation and relaxation therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with cardiac syndrome x refer to urmia medical science hospitals     feizi a [1] *, khalkhali hr [2] , dehghani mr [3] , sheikhi s [4] , ghaderi ch [5]     received: 13apr, 2012 accepted: 23may, 2012   abstract   background & aims : due to the uncertain etiology and adverse consequent of cardiac syndr...

Background: The most vulnerable time for a woman to have issues with her mental health is during reproductive years. Due the expected uncertainty that comes pregnancy, also in healthy women, pregnancy could cause considerable level anxiety and depression. Objective: To assess antenatal depression amongst women pregnancy. Methodology: current cross sectional study was carried out at Balochistan ...

BACKGROUND The number of medical undergraduates taking part in Student Scientific Activities (SSA) at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Slovakia remains low. The aim of this study was to discover some of the factors responsible and suggest improvements. METHODS An anonymous 30-item questionnaire was devised and sent to 245 medical undergraduates (UG) of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd an...

Academic Psychiatry has devoted the current issue to papers from various nations across the world. As we become more interconnected and interdependent, it is desirable for psychiatric educators to share innovative educational programming among international institutions. Beyond the value of learning novel approaches, appreciation of the practice of psychiatry in different nations enriches the c...

BACKGROUND Depression is an important contributor to the global burden disease that affects people of communities all over the world. With high level of demands in academics and psychosocial pressure, medical students during their course of training tend to become depressed, leading to problems later in professional life and compromising patient care. In Cameroon, there is lack of data on the p...

Background The inability to attract medical graduates to specialize in psychiatry has always been a serious challenge to psychiatry training programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the attitude of medical students towards psychiatry. Methods A comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted among 122 fourth year medical students of Jimma University. The attitude of medical s...

introduction: the history of studies on blood groups dates back to early 20th century. studies have demonstrated that certain blood groups dictate tendencies toward physical or psychiatric illnesses. the present study aimed to find out the frequency of abo and rh blood groups in obsessive-compulsive disorder. methods: in this survey, descriptive study with convenient samples, male/female patien...