aim and background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of life skills training to reduce depressive symptoms in students of piranshahr, iran. methods and materials: a total number of 64 male high school students who scored 96-140 on children's depression scale were selected randomly from piranshahr. the participants were randomly allocated into two groups of experimental ...

late life depression is both underdiagnosed and undertreated. the impact of medical conditions may mask depressive symptoms. untreated depressive disorder in older people impair their quality of life and leads to decreased ability for self care and diminish in social interaction and increase in health care use. this article provides an update and current evidence in relation to old age depressi...

objective: major depressive disorder is a severe disorder that has a significant impact on the psychological and social functioning of children and adolescents. considering current limitations in the treatment of this disorder, the present study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder. method: in an open t...

objective: suicide is one of the most important early causes of death in psychotic patients. the main object of this research was to determine the relationship between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and psychotic major depressive disorder (mdd) with suicidal history and risk. methods: sixty five patients with schizophrenia compared to 65 patients with psychotic mdd in a cross s...

objective: numerous iranian veterans who took part in iraq-iran war have developed post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). several studies demonstrated changes in serum lipid concentrations in chronic ptsd (cptsd) patients. the purpose of this study was to assess serum lipid concentrations in soldiers with cptsd and compare it with serum lipid concentrations in patients with chronic mdd (cmdd). ...

objective: depressed coronary artery disease (cad) patients may experience a poorer prognosis than non-depressed patients. the aim of this study was to find the associated factors for depressive symptoms in young adults with cad. method: this was a cross-sectional study within tehran heart center's premature coronary atherosclerosis cohort (thc-pac) study. young adult cad patients (men ≤ 45 yea...