introduction: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) is a fatal nervous system disorder associated with infections caused by retro family known as human immune virus (hiv). the present research was carried out with regard to the high prevalence  of mental disorders among the hiv positive patients referred to kermanshah health care center(khcc). materials & methods : the present study is a d...

Background: Mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being can influence child behavioral disorders by affecting the motherchr('39')s mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being with child behavioral disorders through the mediation o mental health in mothers of children with hearing impairment. Methods: The stud...

background neurosurgical treatment and the severity of head injury (hi) can have remarkable effect on patients’ neuropsychiatric outcomes. objectives this research aimed to study the effect of these factors on cognitive functioning, general health and incidence of mental disorders in patients with a traumatic brain injury (tbi). patients and methods in this descriptive, longitudinal study, 206 ...

The national and Victorian burden of disease studies in Australia set out to examine critically the methods used in the Global Burden of Disease study to estimate the burden of mental disorders. The main differences include the use of a different set of disability weights allowing estimates in greater detail by level of severity, adjustments for comorbidity between mental disorders, a greater n...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to assess the prevalence rates of mental disorders and chronic medical conditions in the Singapore resident population, and examine their association and respective impact on the quality of life. MATERIALS AND METHODS A household survey was carried out on a nationally representative sample of the adult (18 years and above) resident population. The main instrument ...

This article provides a review of the magnitude of mental disorders in children and adolescents from recent community surveys across the world. Although there is substantial variation in the results depending upon the methodological characteristics of the studies, the findings converge in demonstrating that approximately one fourth of youth experience a mental disorder during the past year, and...

Introduction: University students, as the future manpower resources, are of high importance for communities. One of the aspects to focus on is their mental health. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between alexithymia, irrational beliefs, positive and negative emotions with mental disorders in students. Methods: There were 400 students, selected randomly through stra...

conclusions temperaments can provide a basis to classify psychiatric disorders. psychiatric disorders can be placed in a spectrum based on temperaments. results four groups of temperaments were identified: high active, high flexible; high active, low flexible; low active, low flexible; and low active, high flexible. when temperament deteriorates personality, non-psychotic, and psychotic psychia...