objective : the present study is investigating the attribution style in patients with the anxiety and depression comorbidity. method: subjects are 26 patients with major depression, 25 patients with generalized anxiety disorder, 17 patients with comorbidity of anxiety and depression, and 30 normal individuals. the aparatus used in the study for data collecting were beck depression inventory, be...

background & aim: depression is a chronic and overwhelming disorder. one of the factors that could prevent the occurrence of depression is tea consumption. considering the controversial results of previous studies, the aim of this systematic and meta-analysis review study was to answer this question that whether tea consumption could decrease the risk of depression. methods & materials : by sea...

the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines is responsible for the variety of behavioral, neuro-endocrine and neuro-chemical alterations in psychiatric condition. in this study we evaluate relation between depression and il-6 and il-10 in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct).66 patients in this cross-sectional study from july 2013 until august 2014 for hsct interred ...

introduction: one of the most common complaints in pregnancy is sleep disturbances which can cause depression. depression, too, is one of the most common complaints in pregnancy that can affect mother and fetus and even mother and neonate in postpartum period. therefore this research was accomplished by the objective assessment of relationship between sleep pattern and depression in the third t...

objective: chronic infection of hepatitis b and hepatitis c are considered as the most important infectious diseases, which lead to drastic consequences such as liver dysfunction. depression is a psychiatric disorder which is concomitantly present in these patients, and decreases the patients’ quality of life. it may lead to suicide, homicide or intentional transmission of infectious to others....

background: headache and depression are prevalent among general population. the aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. methods: all cohort of elderly individuals of the amirkola health study project were included. data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionnair...

background: phantom limb pain (plp) is approximately a common condition after limb amputation, which potentially affects the quality of life. we aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression in patients with amputated limbs suffering from plp and to compare these psychological dysfunctions with that of patients with non‑phantom chronic pain. methods: a total number of 16 male amputees with plp and 2...

objective: bone marrow transplantation is considered one of the main procedures used in the treatment of both malignant and non-malignant diseases. psychological factors after bone marrow transplantation have an important role in the survival of the patients undergoing this procedure. method: in the present study, some parameters including depression, anxiety and cognition were assessed during ...

abstract background: nowadays, depression is one of the most prevalent mental diseases to which some individuals like mothers of mentally retarded children are more vulnerable due to their (children’s) special condition. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the level of depression and its related factors in these mothers. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conduc...

objective: university students account for human resource of each society and will make the future of their country. psychological disturbances such as depression and hopelessness can affect daily life and scholastic process of university students. the authors intended to determine the prevalence of depression amongst students of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran. metho...