this article reviews the historical literature on clinical and diagnostic issues involved in the treatent and study of mental illness in iran. iranian physicians, under the influence of islamic philosophy and values, treated mental patients in a very humane, rational, and scientific manner in contrast to the ethos prevalent during the middle ages in europe. during the dark ages, mental patients...

conclusions based on the study results, making plans to promote mental aspect of nurses, focusing on family foundations like marriage, reducing and distributing working hours, and decreasing night shifts hours of nurses could reduce their depression and improve their quality of life. results according to the final model yielded from path analysis, the most important factors contributing to depr...

The Texas Legislature in 1993 mandated a quarterly reporting requirement for hospitals and physicians performing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the state (United States Government hospitals were excluded). The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) was designated as the agency responsible for collecting and maintaining the data. This paper reviews the ECT data fro...

The rate of admissions to psychiatric hospitals of patients with primary alcohol-related diagnoses (PARD) has increased from 1971 to 1983 and they now account for 19.7% of all admissions. There is a wide variation in admission rates between hospitals, and the use of the Mental Health (NI) Act 1961 to admit these patients formally varies up to twelvefold.

When the National Mental Health Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1946, a programme to improve the mental health of the nation became a public responsibility. It is traditional in the United States for the majority of severe cases of mental illness to be cared for in public mental hospitals, but the passage of the Mental Health Act was a significant step forward. It provided Feder...

The length of stay (L.O.S.) in psychiatric inpatient units has become increasingly relevant as external pressures for economic justification of this expensive treatment modality have reinforced clinical and research misgivings about possible adverse effects of hospitalization (Krishner 1982). In a country like India, where the number of psychiatric beds is 0.03 to 0.04 per thousand population, ...

The continuing deinstitutionalization of patients in public mental hospitals and the growth of managed care are fundamentally altering mental health practice. Managed care provides opportunities for achieving parity of insurance coverage between mental and physical illness, but serious problems persist in integrating mental health, substance abuse, and general medical care and assuring an appro...

experts have found that natural environment could have positive impacts on patient’s treatment process. the impact of natural environment on mental state and lowering the stress level of the patients is undeniable. in this study, the impacts of natural environment on patient women in tehran general hospitals were investigated. after conducting a topical study of the issue on hand, using field o...

thing you should do,” said Hendin. • Hospitals should implement programs that train medical students and physicians to recognize depression in themselves, colleagues, and patients. • Medical schools and hospitals should work with insurance companies to develop in-house consultation, referral, and treatment services for students and residents with mental health problems. • Data on treatment serv...