this article deals with social support and its importance in the well being of chronic mental patients and their families. stuctural and functional characteristics of scial network, and their effects on adjustment of chronic mental patients are reviewed. it emphasizes, interventions in social network of chronic mental patients to increase social support and strengthen social networks.

conclusions this study showed that 36% of the patients with mild tbi symptoms had mental health problems. given the high rates of psychologic disorders among patients with mild tbi, it is necessary to reduce the factors that caused the disorder. results a total of 286 patients, 79.7% males and 20.3% females with male to female ratio of 4:1, completed the study. female had significantly higher g...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate mental health in temporomandibular disorders (tmd) patients considering: gender, age, and grade of chronic pain scales (gcps). materials and methods: the data were collected using general health questionnaire (ghq-28) for evaluating mental health and research diagnostic criteria for tmd for evaluating gcps, age, and gender from 75 tmd patient ...

many patients with epilepsy suffer also from coexisting psychological problems. these mental co-morbidities have a significant impact on quality of life of patients with epilepsy. recent studies have shown that although antiepileptic drugs (aeds) treat epilepsy, they may increase risk of mental disorders in these patients . due to the lack of adequate research in this area, we assessed psychiat...

objectives: this study was conducted on the estimation of the efficiency of mental health program in primary health care in chaharmahal and bakhtyari province, situated in center of the islamic republic of iran, from 1999 to 2009. methods: one of the important objectives of mental health program is screening of mental health disorders and follow up. according to the prescription of mental healt...

background: since the reduction of mental health in patients with thalassemia may affect the quality of life and cause dysfunction in various dimensions, so the assessment of this disorder is necessary to choose the appropriate treatment. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the mental health and quality of life in patients with thalassemia major. methods: in this cross-sectional...