Chronic pain is a common disease of elderly patients, and it also factor that has significant impact on the physical, mental health, quality life patients. In terms existing research, most relevant fields focus diagnosis treatment chronic pain, various alternative therapies have been studied discussed certain scale. This paper more from overall rehabilitation work medical institutions, for pati...

the risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, especially when aggravated, pain persists despite repeated visits and various medical treatments, and the patient learns that the pain is different from other pains. finally, there are only two solutions: first, surrendering to the pain and learned helplessness, and second, ending the life with no pleasure and painful. the significance of suic...

Introduction: Long-term complications of diabetes leads to physical and mental weakness and reduce their quality of life. One of the complications is the chronic wounds of extremities. Because of its outcome, patient’s adaptation can be reduced. The aim of this study was to compare depression between diabetic patients with and without foot wounds. Materials and methods: The comparati...

OBJECTIVE Mental defeat has been implicated in precipitating suicide with effects not explained by depression. It has also been found to be elevated in people who are most distressed and disabled by chronic pain. This study examined the role of mental defeat in predicting suicide intent among chronic pain patients and compared the predictive value of mental defeat with other established pain an...

Objectives: One of the principle of mental health programs is burden and coping of caregivers of chronically mental disorders patients. In this regard, the aim of present study was to measure the amount of burden and relationship between burden and their coping strategies of caregivers. Methods: One hundred of main caregivers of patients (50 schizophrenic patients, 50 bipolar patients) from ...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether a small sample of patients with chronic pelvic pain experienced any pain-related cognitions in the form of mental images. PATIENTS Ten women with chronic pelvic pain consecutively referred from a tertiary referral center by the physicians in charge of their treatment. OUTCOME MEASURES An interview was used to determine the presence, emotional valence, content,...