OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility and acceptability of routine web-based screening in general hospital settings, and describe the level of common mental disorder. METHOD A service development platform to integrate mental and physical healthcare was implemented in six specialties (rheumatology, limb reconstruction, hepatitis C, psoriasis, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), chronic pain) ...

Mental disorders, especially depression, are an important health problem whose growing prevalence is observed in the Primary Care and Mental Health Medical Offices.1 A comprehensive approach for depressive disorders in which primary care professionals and mental health professionals work in a coordinated and complementary way is important.2 There is evidence available that the chronic care mode...

Materials and methods: The plasma lipid profiles and cognitive functions of the subjects were measured and the relations among plasma lipid levels, smoking, and cognitive functions were observed. The study was performed on subjects with no history of chronic disease. Mental status was evaluated by the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) in patients over 40 years of age at the Family Medicine C...

background: ulcerative colitis (uc) is a chronic inflammation of the colon. patients with uc face numerous physical, psychological, and social problems that are associated with health related quality of life. the aim of this study is to determine the mental stress level and quality of life among uc patients in comparison with a healthy control group, and their relation with clinical and demogra...

background in recent decades, the incidence of spinal cord injuries has increased. in a systemic review on epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in developing countries reported 25.5/million cases per year. objectives to assess the quality of life (qol) of the veterans among iran-iraq war with chronic spinal cord injuries (sci) and to evaluate long-term impressions of sci on their qualit...

Setting A Veterans Affairs mental health clinic in West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Patients 120 patients (mean age 45 y, 99% men) who had serious mental disorders and would benefit from primary care. Exclusion criteria included having a current primary care provider, urgent or multiple serious chronic problems, and medical hospital admissions in the past 6 months. Follow up was 100% for service u...

With the increasing pressure of modern society, incidence chronic schizophrenia gradually rises, is a common clinical mental illness. The etiology and pathogenesis this disease are complex, treatment difficult. There many adverse reactions commonly used therapeutic drugs, prognosis patients poor, which major difficulty in treatment. Based on TCM treatment, paper reviews current progress from as...

BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that impacts on the individual and society. It characterized by positive, negative, cognitive, affective, aggressive symptoms. This condition has detrimental influence ability of schizophrenic patients to work across all facets everyday life, making it significant clinical goal cannot be handled with antipsychotics in sufficient manner. The ...

objective: diabetes is a chronic disease causing not only somatic complications like hyperglycemia, but also increased psychological consequences and impaired psychological well-being in diabetics. various psychological treatments have been applied so far to reduce the mental symptoms and promote the mental well-being of these patients. this study aimed at determining the efficiency of dialecti...

the relationship between fatigue and mental health in chemical warfare victims with bronchiolitis obliterans     abbasi s [1] , mehdizadeh s [2] *, moqaddam m [3]     received: 8 mar, 2013 accepted: 10 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : fatigue is one of the most debilitating symptoms in patients with respiratory disorders. in addition, among the chronic disease, lung disease have the h...