ôbjectivity, reliability and validity of examinations in psychiatry have always been one of the major concerns of experts in this discipline. recently, objective structured clinical examination (ôsçë) for its unique approach and by providing the requirements of psychiatric examinations has been a topic of interest. ïn ïran, an ôsçë has been replaced the individual patient assessment (ïpâ) for e...

Background: It seems difficult to develop comprehensive legislations that can include the rights of all psychiatric patients. Nevertheless, awareness of patients’ rights among patients with psychiatric disorders and their caregivers play an important role in advancing the treatment goals and human rights. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between awarness of and respect f...

Nonpsychiatric hospitalized patients are frequently exposed to psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, which significantly infuence the patient's subsequent admission days and the rate of recovery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among hospitalised patients in Mashhad hospitals and to compare the level of anxiety in patients admitted...

psychiatric disorders are very prevalent in epilepsy, 30 to 50 percent of epileptic patients suffer from psychiatric problems. on the other hand, many psychiatric disorders such as dissociative disorder, sleep disorder, impulse control disorder and cyclic disorders have clinical features like epilepsy. therefore, differential dagnosis is very important in dealing with epilepsy. epilepsy has man...

Background: According to the World Health Organization, one in four people experience a psychiatric disorder throughout his/her life. For centuries, psychiatric patients have been sent to psychiatric hospitals that often stigmatized and located out of the community. Moreover, these patients are stigmatized by the hospital staff because they are not aware of patients’ experience...

conclusions the results of this study indicated that effective dental care is needed for improvement of the dental health status of hospitalized patients with psychiatric disorders. background psychiatric disorders to various reasons such side effects of psychiatric drugs, poor oral hygiene and poor diet and are known as risk factors for development oral health problems. objectives this study w...

background: many psychiatric patients have nicotine and other substance dependence.   objective: to determine the prevalence of nicotine and opium dependence among psychiatric in-patients inkerman, a city in southwesterniran.   methods: three groups of psychiatric inpatients, chronic medical patients and a sample from local population, each including 400 subjects were selected.  nicotine depend...

background: discharging from hospital is one of the most complicated issues in health system. this process should follow standard clinical criteria and needs mutual cooperation of the hospital and society. psychiatric patients, nowadays, are hospitalized only for the severe period of their sickness and after that they are returned to the society. this study compares the current discharge proces...

Objectives: Patients with schizophrenia receive psychiatric medications for many years, and their comorbid profile in old age remains unclear. Moreover, their pattern of non-psychiatric medicine use is of importance. Rehabilitation is crucial in patients with schizophrenia because it improves their strengths and life skills to live independently. These issues are essential in terms of polypharm...