background: musculoskeletal disorders (msd) are concerned as costly health problems worldwide. rural people are more susceptible to musculoskeletal disorders. this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and related factors among adult living in aq qalaian, iran. material and methods: this was a cross-sectional study which performed among 200 adult living in rural...

hepatitis b, as a chronic disorder that may be associated with several psychiatric disorders, such as depression, and decrease quality of life of affected patients. one of the most important consequences of psychiatric problems is reduced patient compliance with prolonged therapeutic regimens. psychotherapy, such as solution– focused therapy, may help these patients to resolve psychiatric probl...

abstract explaining the etiology of complex regional pain syndrome (crps) from the psychogenic model is exceedingly unsophisticated, because neurocognitive deficits, neuroanatomical abnormalities, and distortions in cognitive mapping are features of crps pathology. more importantly, many people who have developed crps have no history of mental illness. the psychogenic model offers comfort to ph...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of compassionate mind training (cmt) on symptoms of depression and anxiety in iranian depressed sufferers . method: nineteen depressed patients aged 20 to 40 (beck depression inventory value≥20) were randomly assigned into two groups. the experimental group participated in 12 sessions of group therapy based on paul gilbert’s ...

objective: although metabolic diseases individually are rare ,but overall have an incidence of 1/2000 and can cause devastating and irreversible effect if not diagnosed early and treated promptly. selective screening is an acceptable method for detection of these multi presentation diseases.method: using panel neonatal screening for detection of metabolic diseases in 650 high risk iranian patie...

post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder is a lymphocyte proliferating disease, usually of b cell origin, and rarely of t cell. involvement of liver itself in liver transplant recipients as the primary organ is not common. herein we report our experience in two patients who primarily presented in the allografted liver, both of whom were promptly diagnosed after liver biopsy and treated succ...

background/objective: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries. this study was conducted with the objectives of determination of prevalence rate of msds and ergonomics assessment of the risk of msds among workers of a petrochemical company. methods: in this study, 261randomly selected workers in a petrochemical company with at least one year of...

introduction: aphasia is a common manifestation of stroke and evaluation of relationships of aphasia and brain topography could lead to better understanding of cognitive neurophysiology. methods: 100 stroke patients with aphasia admitted in valie-asr hospital, khorasan since april 2003 were enrolled in this prospective cross-sectional study. diagnosis of stroke and aphasia was made by a neurolo...

objective: many psychodynamic oriented psychotherapists believe that people do not become addicted without a reason they use drugs to avoid painful feelings, thoughts and memories. the present study examines the relationship between the level of dissociation, substance dependence disorder and other psychiatric disorder. methods: in a descriptive study on prisoners of adel-abad prison, shiraz, i...