background: psoriasis is a disease which may have a direct impact on the psychological and social aspects of the patient, particularly due to its visibility. to date, we are unaware of any study showing a relationship between psoriasis and psychological parameters such as psychological vulnerability and coping strategies . objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of psoriasi...

plants as the life giving entities have important role in mental and physical health of human. in the modern time with expansion of the cities and increase  of industrial centers and living style change and decrease of social negligence about green spaces as the factor for mental diseases, altogether have been propounded for many psychologists and physicians. in this way considering green space...

background: few studies have examined the relationship between perceived responsibilities by workers and job characteristics and experiences of stress. objective: to examine the relationship between job stress and work responsibilities and job characteristics. methods: we analyzed data from 2737 adults who were labor force participants in the province of alberta, canada. a logistic regression m...

background following the tenets of world polity and innovation diffusion theories, i focus on the coercive and mimetic forces that influence the diffusion of mental health policy across nations. international organizations’ mandates influence government behavior. dependency on external resources, namely foreign aid, also affects governments’ formulation of national policy. and finally, mounting...

results mean age of the participants was about 35 years, and mean duration of marriage was 14 years. drug dependence of the husband (p = 0.010) and lower monthly income of the family (p = 0.007) predicted the higher level of anxiety among the participants, while older age (p = 0.031), shorter marital duration (p = 0.016), and lower educational level (p = 0.045) in addition to spousal drug depen...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

background female circumcision, sexual amputation, or female genital mutilation (fgm) is an action existing in some cultures and regions of the world. for instance, in africa and some little communities in middle east use this operation for many reasons. this operation is forbidden in those countries and is never linked to religious attitudes. objectives the purpose of the following research wa...

conclusions it seems that implementation of an appropriate interventional program related to adaptive ways of coping in order to deal with stress is effective in mental health and quality of life promotion. results the most and the least used ways in coping with stress were planful problem solving and confronting coping. considering the quality of life, the most and the least scores were relate...

background: mental health literacy is an individual’s knowledge and belief about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management and prevention. the aim of this study was to investigate mental health literacy among students of tehran university of medical sciences.   methods : in this cross-sectional study, data were collected by the anonymous self-administered questionnaires and final...