The preparation of a child who is about to undergo surgery or anesthesia involves the child's family, primary care physician, anesthesiologist, surgeon, and, many times, other specialists. Communication among the individuals caring for the patient is paramount for the smoothest perioperative course. Established lines of communication permit the efficient and meaningful transfer of patient infor...

background: it has been demonstrated that performing a mock embryo transfer (et) significantly improves the pregnancy rate in ivf cycles. the mock et could be performed prior to the stimulation cycle or immediately before real et. the problem of the first procedure is the possibility of variation in the uterine position and or cervico�uterine angle. objective: the purpose of this study was to d...

BACKGROUND Despite growing evidence for manualized psychodynamic treatments, there is a lack of studies on their transfer to routine practice. This is the first study to examine the effects of an additional training in manualized Short Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (STPP) on the outcome in routine psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder (SAD). The study is an extension to a large RCT compa...

the aim of this study was to develop and obtain the reliability and validity of 8 items short form of spielberger stat-trait anxiety inventory (stai) for use in circumstances where the full form is inappropriate. in this study a correlational method is carried out. using the available sampling, the sample subjects were selected from 161 patients who referred to one of hospitals of isfahan. in t...

Cognitive bias modification is a potential low-intensity intervention for mood disorders, but previous studies have shown mixed success. This study explored whether facial interpretation bias modification (FIBM), a similar paradigm designed to shift emotional interpretation (and/or perception) of faces would transfer to: (i) self-reported symptoms and (ii) a battery of cognitive tasks. In a pre...

Previous studies indicated that Foeniculum vulgare (FV) as a folk remedy plant that overgrows in the different parts of Iran and suggested that have antinociceptive activity and sedative. In this study, we investigated of anxiolytic effects in different doses of the extracts of FV. In this study, fourty male mice (25-30 gr) were used in elevated plus maze model. Different doses of the extract o...

anxiety is one of the symptoms in chronic schizophrenic patients. past research studies show that psychodrama as a group therapy is effective in treatment and rehabilitation of psychological disorders. the aim of this study is to explore the effect of psychodrama on the reduction of anxiety in schizophrenic patients. 26 male hospitalized chronic schizophrenic patients were randomly assigned int...

Previous studies indicated that Foeniculum vulgare (FV) as a folk remedy plant that overgrows in the different parts of Iran and suggested that have antinociceptive activity and sedative. In this study, we investigated of anxiolytic effects in different doses of the extracts of FV. In this study, fourty male mice (25-30 gr) were used in elevated plus maze model. Different doses of the extract o...

the current study aimed to examine the role of state-trait anxiety and resiliency in test anxiety. the research was conducted on a sample of 153 high students who completed questionnaire measures of state-trait anxiety (stai-t), trait resilience (cd-risc) and test anxiety (ta).  pearson correlation and regression analyze were used to data analyze. consistent with the assumption, results indicat...