Underground water in many regions of the world is contaminated with high concentrations of arsenic and the resulting toxicity has created a major environmental and public health problem in the affected regions. Chronic arsenic exposure can cause many diseases, including various physical and psychological harms. Although the physical problems caused by arsenic toxicity are well reported in liter...

conclusions findings of this study showed the importance of psychological hardiness in maintaining mental health. special attention should be paid to maintaining and improving the mental health of workers in the pars special economic energy zone. one of the main principles involved in the sustainable and integrated development of a company is healthy human resources in all aspects, including ph...

introduction: presence of mentally retarded children in every family affects on the structure and mental health of family specially parents. the purpose of this research is the comparison of the mean of psychological well-being, mental health and self-esteem between parents of normal and educable students. materials & methods: this was causal- comparative and retrospective study and the instrum...

The relation between maternal depressive symptoms and children's mental health problems has been well established. However, prior studies have predominantly focused on maternal reports of children's mental health problems and on parenting behavior, as a broad and unilateral concept. This cross-sectional study examined specific observed mother-child interaction behaviors through which maternal d...

beta-thalassemia major (β-tm) is a chronic, genetic and hematological disorder. children and teenagers with chronic physical illnesses exemplified by thalassemia are vulnerable to emotional and behavioral problems. the aim of this study was to evaluate mental health and its related factors among young patients with beta-thalassemia major.in this cross-sectional observational descriptive-analyti...

BACKGROUND Several studies have reported significantly higher stress levels, both short and long terms, among mothers giving preterm birth compared with mothers giving birth at term. Stress, however, is a psychological phenomenon that may present as anxiety, depression and/or trauma reactions. In this study, the long-term mental health outcomes and the prevalence of anxiety, depression and trau...

BACKGROUND 1 in 4 people experience mental health problems at some point during their lives and Muslims are no exception. Exacerbating the morbidity and mortality associated with mental health problems in Muslims is Islamophobia. Stigma and shame are major barriers to accessing and using mental health services and many Muslims with mental health problems do not receive the treatment they need. ...

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, research and practice addressing mental health has been conducted within a unidimensional model, explaining mental health as the presence/absence of psychological problems (distress or psychopathological symptoms). More recently, accumulative evidence has supported a bi-dimensional model, which conceptualises psychological problems and psychological strengths (well-b...

We present a new psychological mechanism for analyzing complex reasoning problems such as the logical reasoning problems seen on the GRE (and other standardized tests). This mechanism includes a psychological counterpart to possible worlds semantics as typically seen in modal logic, and we thus refer to it as the ‘Mental Possible World Mechanism’ (MPWM). MPWM embodies the interaction between sy...

As family disruption, violence, and the decline of community become more common, an ever-growing number of children are exposed to psychological and social stressors that can lead to serious emotional problems. For many children emotional problems can interfere with normal psychological and social development and can have serious long-term effects. In this study data from a large national surve...