abstract background: chronic urticaria (cu) is a common dermatological disease that induces a substantial burden on individuals’ life. also if one’s self-image changes (which usually happen in patients with dermatological diseases), it leads to anxiety or other various symptoms. we aimed to compare the psychological scales in patients with cu with non-dermatological individuals with the purpose...

Background & aim: Occupational exposures can cause problems such as reproductive system disorders; however, the effects of some exposures, such as psychological stress, have not been investigated yet. This study aims to investigate the effects of women’s psychological stress on obstetric disorders. Methods:This historical cohort study was conducted on 1400 working women in Mashhad, Iran. Data ...

this paper reports the results of an epidemiological study of psychological disorders among the rural population of meibod, in the province of yazd, with an age range above 15 (n=400). the main instrument was scl-90-r. a score of 0.4 indicating gsi level and reported in a previous research was chosen as a cut off point. subjects scoring above this point and an equal random number scoring below ...

objective:  to evaluate the frequency of different psychiatric disorders among 7 to 12 years old children in urban areas of tehran. method: a sample of 799 children (6 to 11 years old) were selected from 250 clusters of the entire 22 municipality areas of tehran using a multistage sampling method from 250 clusters from the entire 22 municipality areas of tehran.. after responding to a persian v...

There is encouraging evidence that some patients with personality disorder are treatable. Psychotherapeutic interventions show promise, although interpretation of the literature is problematic: the number of patients in most trials is small, outcome measures are questionable, follow-up is limited, and treatments are multifaceted, complex interventions in which the effective components are uncle...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest Hosseinzadeh et al's paper (1). The aim of their study was to screen two categories of psychiatric disorders in chronic functional constipation, using HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) on fifty four constipated patients. They concluded that the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in cons...