Do positive psychology interventions-that is, treatment methods or intentional activities aimed at cultivating positive feelings, positive behaviors, or positive cognitions-enhance well-being and ameliorate depressive symptoms? A meta-analysis of 51 such interventions with 4,266 individuals was conducted to address this question and to provide practical guidance to clinicians. The results revea...

BACKGROUND Many patients consult their GP because they experience bodily symptoms. In a substantial proportion of cases, the clinical picture does not meet the existing diagnostic criteria for diseases or disorders. This may be because symptoms are recent and evolving or because symptoms are persistent but, either by their character or the negative results of clinical investigation cannot be at...

objectives: the aim of the study was to determine the effect of a selected exercise training on reducing symptoms of dementia caused by alzheimer's disease in people with down syndrome. methods: 27 men with down syndrome were randomized to intervention (n=13) and control (n=13) groups. all persons in experimental group followed 12 weeks selected exercise training, three times a week. prior...

background: physical symptoms are often associated with poor quality of life (qol) in patients with heart failure (hf). progressive impairment in the ability ofperforming routine physical activities of daily lifeand decrease inexercise tolerance is thought to lead to the worsening of physical symptoms. exercise and physical activity can improve functional capacity, and improve the symptoms asso...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment on reducing the additional psychiatric symptoms in a sample of recovered depressed patients. Methods: A sample of 354 remitted depressed subjects recruited through community advertisement and clinical practices of psychiatrists and psychotherapists were randomly assigned to mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT)...

Background and Aim: Asthma is a common and chronic disease of respiratory tracts. The best way to treat Asthma is to control it. Experts of this field suggest the continues monitoring on Asthma symptoms and adjustment of self-care plan with offering the preventive treatment program to have desired control over Asthma. Presenting these plans by the physician is set based on the control level in ...

in recent years, symptoms of a viral disease including streak mosaic, leaf blade malformation, and thickness (scrawniness) of raceme have been observed in the vast areas of grain fields in golestan province. in order to identify the causes of this disease, detection of wheat streak mosaic virus (wsmv) in cultivated hosts including wheat, dominant weeds of fields involving barnyardgrass (echinoc...

objectives: patients suffering from mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis may be treated with unloader knee orthoses or laterally wedged insoles. the aim of this study was to identify and compare the effects of two orthoses in these patients. methods: 56 patients with medial compartment knee oa were evaluated when wearing an unloader knee orthosis and insoles with a 6° lateral wedge which were r...