Background & Aims: In developed countries mental disorders are recognized by screening questionnaires and clinical interviews. Since there is a limited number of epidemiological studies about mental disorders in Iranian population, the present study was performed to find the prevalence and type of mental disorders among Kerman residents older than 15 years old. Method: At the first step, GH...

Although previous research has shown that childhood adversity has long-term effects on adult depression, little is known about the causal pathways involved in these effects. In this report data from a two-wave longitudinal survey of the U.S. household population are used to study these pathways as they affect the association between childhood family violence and adult recurrence of depression. ...

This study examined the effects of work schedule flexibility and the spillover of work stress to family life on the health of parents of adult children with serious mental illness (SMI). We compared 100 parents of adult children with SMI to 500 parents with nondisabled adult children using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The detrimental impact on health of a lack of work flexibility...

Background. Studies have reported that obesity has an adverse effect on iron metabolism. Obesity is characterized by chronic, low-grade, systemic inflammation and anemia of chronic disease with elevated serum ferritin and decreased level of serum iron, transferrin saturation, and hemoglobin. Therefore, we examined the association of body mass index with hemoglobin concentration and iron paramet...

Dementia is defined by acquired, progressive impairment in two or more cognitive areas (for example, frontal executive function, mood, or memory) that is severe enough to render a person dependent on others. Dementia is a leading cause of disability among older adult patients; Alzheimer disease is the most common etiology. The prevalence of Alzheimer disease is approximately 2% among persons 60...

HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs) contribute to hyperlipidemia in persons treated for HIV infection. There are potential drug-drug interactions between PIs and some statins, which are drugs frequently used to treat hyperlipidemia. We performed a retrospective cohort study using the TennCare program to determine prescribing rates of contraindicated combinations of PIs and statins in HIV-infected p...

The purpose of this study was to gain understanding of the meaning of the daily routines and activities at a day-care center for persons with Alzheimer disease, as experienced by the staff. With the use of the qualitative research techniques of participant observation and ethnographic interviewing, data were collected for 4 weeks at a small adult day-care center for persons with mid- to late-st...

It is generally agreed that income plays an important part in determining the living arrangements of unmarried old persons. Numerous studies of later life have concluded that large numbers of old persons live with their friends, adult children, and other relatives simply because they cannot afford to maintain separate homes of their own. The literature contains few references, however, to the e...

Most recent evidence suggests that human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection is restricted to persons with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) or to persons who may subsequently develop KS. To accurately determine the prevalence of infection in the United States, children and adults with AIDS were examined for evidence of HHV-8 infection to see whether HHV-8 (like other herpesviruses) would be readily detected i...

Schizophrenia is a severe form of mental illness that affects about 7 per 1,000 of the adult population. It is estimated that globally about 29 million people have schizophrenia. With the advent of deinstitutionalization, most persons with schizophrenia are now being cared for in the community by their families. Living with a relative with severe mental illness is stressful. Burden of care is a...