Schizophrenia patients: physical activity is and remains an organismic necessity

Animal Rights Consideration is a Necessity in Conducting an Experiment

Research Paper: Xerostomia in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Patients: Is There Any Relation?

Abstract Introduction: Psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia cause vascular, neurological, and neurobiological changes. On other hand, salivary glands are influenced by changes in the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, this  hypothesis was formed that psychiatric disorders can affect salivary glands through neurological pathways. This study aimed to evaluate if sc...

The Association of Physical Activity and Physical Fitness Levels with Liver Enzymes in COVID-19 Patients

Introduction: Exercise is one of the lifestyle interventions recommended to reduce liver damage and improve health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and physical fitness with the liver enzymes of COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: Four hundred patients infected with COVID-19 (57.6±14.6, body mass 28.1±4.7 kg/m2) admitted to the Masih Danes...

Physical health monitoring of patients with schizophrenia.

OBJECTIVE Schizophrenia is associated with several chronic physical illnesses and a shorter life expectancy, compared with life expectancy in the general population. One approach to improving the health of patients with schizophrenia is to improve the monitoring of physical health that occurs in psychiatric settings. The authors discuss a consensus panel's recommendations for improving the phys...

Compassion Is a Necessity and an Individual and Collective Responsibility; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?”

Compassion is a complex process that is innate, determined in part by individual traits, and modulated by a myriad of conscious and unconscious factors, immediate context, social structures and expectations, and organizational “culture.” Compassion is an ethical foundation of healthcare and a widely shared value; it is not an optional luxury in the healing process. While the interrelations betw...