Evolution of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Psychiatric Disorders; Why, What And How?

خدمات مؤثر جامعه‌نگر برای مبتلایان به اختلال‌های روانپزشکی کدامند؟ مروری بر شواهد

  Objectives : The study aimed at reviewing evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based services for psychiatric disorders. Method: Cochrane and PubMed bibliographic databases and reference lists of relevant studies were investigated. Systematic reviews and controlled randomized clinical trials were analyzed. The inclusion criteria were having effectiveness and cost-effe...

Why COVID-19 Laboratory Personnel Should Be Tested Before Attending the Laboratory: how even the most experienced personnel conta350minate clinical samples

Dear Editor in Chief  Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a pandemic (1). Early diagnosis and testing of symptomatic individuals and asymptomatic carriers (2) remain essential since the latter group can transmit the virus (3,4). Current assays for SARS-CoV-2 detection are mostly based on quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR)(5). However, cross-contaminat...

The Why, Who, What, How, and When of Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organizations: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Diffusion of Innovation in Mental Health Policy Adoption: What Should We Ask about the Quality of Policy and the Role of Stakeholders in this Process?; Comment on “Cross-National Diffusion of Mental Health Policy”

In his recent study, Gordon Shen analyses a pertinent question facing the global mental health research and practice community today; that of how and why mental health policy is or is not adopted by national governments. This study identifies becoming a World Health Organization (WHO) member nation, and being in regional proximity to countries which have adopted a mental health policy as suppor...

Investigating the Characteristics of Identity with an Emphasis on Imam Khomeini’s Theory in the 1988 Statement Addressed to Artists and its Impact on the Art of the Islamic Revolution

Some fundamental changes were emerged in various fields (social, political, cultural and artistic) with the presence of the Islamic Revolution and the founding guidelines of this great event of Imam Khomeini. The present study aims to identify and introduce the characteristics of the Islamic Revolution’s art identity with the theoretical studies and considering various aspects of Imam Khomeini’...