background: perfectionism is a character of personality thatindicates striving  to be perfect  and having  high standards for practice .it is a tendency to evaluate one' s andothers behavior critically. aim of this study was investigating theeffectiveness of quality of life therapy on the perfectionism.methods: this was a semi experimental research with pretest andposttest with control group.  ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine whether research-based recommendations can be made about the clinical management of depression in patients with cancer. DATA SOURCES Reports of scientific studies, qualitative or quantitative systematic reviews of scientific studies, and practice guidelines published from 1980-2000. DATA SYNTHESIS In all, 36 pieces of evidence supported the conclusion that ps...

CONTENT This article discusses the rationale for, and the potential benefits and limitations of, computer-based interactive health communication (IHC) programs for health behavior counseling. We describe common barriers to health behavior counseling in medical settings and show how IHCs can address these issues. Following an overview of current and likely near-future IHCs, the potential impact ...

PURPOSE Medical education is perceived as being very stressful, which leads to declines in subjective well-being in medical students. Therefore, student counseling is becoming an exigent issue. The goal of this study was to investigate the academic difficulties and subjective well-being of medical students to identify their needs with regard to counseling. In addition, we analyzed help-seeking ...

The pathways through which behavior change interventions impact breastfeeding practices have not been well studied. This study aimed to examine: (1) the effects of exposure to mass media and interpersonal counseling on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and hypothesized psychosocial determinants (i.e. knowledge, intention, beliefs, social norms, and self-efficacy); and (2) the pathways through which...

PURPOSE Following anecdotal reports of unexpected patient and/or clinician behavior change in the primary care encounter in a previous study, we conducted this study to learn more about the short- and long-term effects on clinician and/or patient behavior from participation in a practice-based research network (PBRN) study. METHODS Clinicians in two PBRN studies of Acanthosis nigricans were s...

Objective: To assess perception and behavior after reproductive health counseling among adolescent patients in a tertiary care-based pediatric rheumatology clinic. Methods: Adolescent females seen at Stanford pediatric rheumatology clinic were prospectively enrolled during routine visits. At study start, standard clinic procedures for the following were reviewed with providers: 1) HEADSS (home,...

BACKGROUND Premarital counseling equips couples with information about all aspects of sexuality and the related health issues. This study was aimed to assess the quality of premarital counseling services in health care centers in Tabriz. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 236 randomly selected women from premarital counseling centers in Tabriz was carried out and a self-structur...

Knowledge of diabetes mellitus (DM) management can improve adherence in medication-taking behavior. Counseling by pharmacists is believed to contribute its better acquisition. Nevertheless, many counseling and reminder media are still currently developed. This study aimed identify the effects brief counseling-5A modification a motivational through short message services (SMS), designed with rel...

If learning is defined as those changes in behavior that are not due to native response tendencies, maturation, or temporary states of the organism (as a result of fatigue or drugs, for example), (19) then counseling or psychotherapy must involve learning. But there are different views of the nature of learning, differing descriptions of the learning process, and different theories of learning....