BACKGROUND Cancer diagnosis among children can cause high stress and anxiety in parents, and they may lose their life expectancy. The present study investigated the effectiveness of Logo therapy on anxiety and depression among mothers of children with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted by a semi-pilot method using pre-test and post-test with a control experimental group. T...

The species of the genus Labrundinia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae: Pentaneurini) are revised, described and figured. Keys to known adult males, pupae and larvae are provided. Fourteen previously known species are redescribed, and 25 species from Neotropical region are diagnosed and described as new to science. These species treated are L. amandae sp. n., L. amazonica sp. n., L. becki Bec...

OBJECTIVES Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a serious complication that may be associated with increased mortality. Living-donor liver transplant includes major surgery for the donor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate preoperative and postoperative cognitive function of liver donors in living-donor liver transplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 102 patients who had hepatectomy for l...

OBJECTIVE The long-term effects of the use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, or Ecstasy) in humans are controversial and unclear. The authors' goal was to assess the contribution of a functional polymorphism in the gene encoding serotonin transporter to changes in emotional processing following chronic Ecstasy use. METHOD They investigated Beck Depression Inventory scores and perfor...

background & aim: clinical definition of depression disorder has changed and made precise over the time. some studies reported depression during pregnancy was more common than postpartum depression. the purpose of this study is to evaluate prevalence and factors that may be contributing to the depression in pregnant women in sarakhs city. methods:this cross sectional study was conducted on 300 ...

Resenha crítica à Obra Sociedade de Risco: Rumo a uma outra modernidade, Ulrich Beck.

OBJECTIVE Major depression is a mood disorder that causes changes in physical activity, appetite, sleep and weight. Regarding the role of zinc in the pathology of depression, the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation in the treatment of this disease. METHODS This study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial. Forty four patients with major depression ...

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The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any ...

Two of the major cognitive theories of depression, the theory of Beck [Beck, A. T. (1967). Depression: clinical, experimental and theoretical aspects. New York: Harper & Row. and Beck, A. T. (1987) Cognitive models of depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: an International Quarterly, 1, 5-37] and the hopelessness theory [Abramson, Metalsky, & Alloy, (1989) Hopelessness depression: a th...