Social functioning deficits are a core component of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and may emerge years prior to the onset of diagnosable illness. The current study prospectively examines the relation between teacher-rated childhood social dysfunction and later mental illness among participants who were at genetic high-risk for schizophrenia and controls (n=244). The teacher-rated social fun...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the role of social support on the mental health of disabled war veterans alongside the role of physical disability and deployment type. the second aim of the study was to examine the relationship between coping strategies and mental health. method: 85 disabled iranian war veterans participated in this study. all of the participants were asked ...

  Background :Severe obesity is highly co-morbid with psychiatric disorders and may have effect on the quality of life. This study aimed to compare severity and prevalence rate of depression, anxiety and eating disorders and quality of life in severe obese patients before and 6 months after the gastric bypass surgery.   Methods : This was a prospective observational study which conducted at Haz...

Background: Although several studies have been done on quality of life of patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), there is little research on the correlation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with self-efficacy in these patients. We aimed to determine the association between HRQoL and self-efficacy in patients with SCD and to explore the role of self-efficacy and demographic-clinical v...

nocturnal oxygen desaturation using pulse oximeter and apnomonitor in patients with chronic pulmonary disease. Why are patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at increased risk of cardiovascular dis-eases? The potential role of systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. W hile health-related problems have a definite and identifiable effect on patients, the patie...

background: marital satisfaction is an important component of the marriage. mental health as a component of the personal characteristic also related with marital satisfaction. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between mental health and marital satisfaction of couples. methods: three hundred couples from high-risk area of gorgan – north of iran were selected. association b...

BACKGROUND The negative effects of maternal mental health problems on child health are well documented. In contrast, there is a profound paucity of information about paternal mental health's association with child health. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of paternal mental health problems and depressive symptoms and children's emotional or behavioral problems. METHODS We analyzed Me...

Spontaneous complaints of outpatients with focal epilepsy often stress the relationship between cognitive deficits and Quality of Life (QOL). Consequently, the aim of the present study was to find the best neuropsychological predictors of QOL in individuals with focal epilepsy, in order to guide their ambulatory health care. A sample of 71 Portuguese patients was studied: 40 female, 47 married,...

PURPOSE A number of previous studies have shown inconsistencies between sub-scale scores and component summary scores using traditional scoring methods of the SF-36 version 1. This study addresses the issue in Version 2 and asks if the previous problems of disagreement between the eight SF-36 Version 1 sub-scale scores and the Physical and Mental Component Summary persist in version 2. A second...