INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE Wearing orthodontic appliances may negatively affect a patient's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) physiologically, psychologically, and socially. Few studies have assessed the effect of palatal expanders on OHRQoL. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of palatal expanders on OHRQoL and to compare it with that of fixed orthodontic appliances. MA...

cause of mental health by creating a greater understanding of the nature of mental disorders and of the possibilities of prevention and of help for those who suffer from them. A lively and well-informed journal is invaluable for stimulating the interest of the public as a whole as well as helping people already actively engaged in work for mental health, and I wish every success to this new ven...

❊ To encourage readers to consider environmental interventions for clients with mental illness who have goals related to work. ❊ To identify key physical, cultural, and institutional aspects of workplace environments that facilitate or hinder clients’ participation in work. ❊ To suggest strategies to create supportive work environments. ❊ To offer a broad conceptualization of work and alternati...

When we were asked to consider co-editing a special issue for WORK focused on enabling employment of people who experience mental ill-health, the idea of partnership came to mind. Partnership has previously featured in a special issue by Shaw and Lindsay [1]; its focus was on the importance of collaboration with in the return-to-work process, featuring a key partnership with the InjuredWorkers ...

background: multiple factors such as retirement, work disability, social rejection, physical illness and etc., have an impact on general health of the elders. one factor among others is the role of psychological variables. the study is intended to assess the effect of positive and negative perfectionism and type-d personality (distressed) on general health of the elders. methods: in this descri...

European Union (EU) Member States are interested in using health impact assessment (HIA) as a means of safeguarding their obligations to protect human health under the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam. However, several have encountered difficulties institutionalizing HIA with the policy-making process. As a consequence, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has suggested coupli...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the construct of mindfulness meditation and systematically review instruments measuring the psychological impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on health among patients with cancer. DATA SOURCES PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ISI Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, and published literature (1987-2006). DATA SYNTHESIS 13 psychological instruments used in seven st...

This paper with emphasising on religious context of Iranian society, has a critical interpretation which considers psychological damages as an inevitable consequence of modernity(with integrated sociological and psychological approach) attempts to address youth mental health issues. In this regard, this paper with constructing mental aspects (belief and emotional) objective (ritual and outcome)...