objective: rosa damascena mill l (r. damascena) is an ornamental plant that has several therapeutic (such as sedative and hypnotic) effects. it also heals depression, grief, nervous stress and tension. in the present study we evaluated antidepressant-like effect of r. damascena using forced swimming test (fst). material and methods: three doses of aqueous extract (15, 60 and 90 mg/kg) was injec...

Humans strive for some kind of happiness in a world that is not conducive to it. As each human life is a collection of random thoughts, choices, experiences, memories, and their interpretations, a permanent state of vague happiness does not exist, since everything is temporary. The pursuit of happiness, or the pursuit of anything in life, does not lead to a permanent state or thing. One can onl...

OBJECTIVE The literature exploring the relationship between miscarriage and grief is sparse. This paper summarizes the literature on grief subsequent to an early miscarriage to elucidate the nature, incidence, intensity, and duration of grief at this time and to identify potential moderators. METHODS An electronic search of the Medline and Psych Info databases was conducted. Studies were sele...

Oncology nursing, like many other nursing fields, often provides nurses with the opportunity to get to know their patients and their families well. This familiarity allows oncology nurses to show a level of compassion and empathy that is often helpful to the patient and their family during their struggle with cancer. However, this familiarity can also lead to a profound sense of grief if the pa...

Although grief is a universal experience, the ways in which it occurs are not universally agreed upon. In fact, there is considerable controversy about the "normal" duration of grief its expected outcome, and its course. Although most grieving adults will achieve a sense of normalcy at some point, others seem not to do so. Continuing impairment by grief raises a question: Is the experience qual...

for the first time, it is mentioned in the interpretation of muqātil bin sulayman that: ‘nadr ibn al-harith, who was familiar with the traditions of ancient iran, claimed that the qur’an contained ‘legends of the ancients’; i.e. stories like those of rostam and esfandiyār. following muqātil, commentators often quoted this view, associating and translating ‘legends of the ancients’ with and into...

AIM To report an analysis of the concept of grief in mothers of children with an addiction. BACKGROUND The concept of grief in this context is poorly understood and often synonymously used with concepts depression, loss and chronic sorrow. In the US, the core concept grief has been recently revised by both NANDA and the DSM-V in efforts to better understand and characterize the concept. The p...