Early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) are cognitive patterns resulting from unmet core emotional needs in childhood that have been linked to the development of psychopathology. As depression is a multifaceted phenomenon, we hypothesized that specific dysphoric symptoms would be predicted by different EMSs. Four hundred and fifty-six participants completed a measure of EMSs (Young Schema Questionnair...

Many occupational and environmental health hazards present as an increased reporting of non-specific symptoms such as headache, backache, eye and respiratory irritation, tiredness, memory problems, and poor concentration. The pattern and number of such symptoms is surprisingly constant from hazard to hazard suggesting that common psychological and social factors, not directly related to the exp...

bloodstream infections with salmonella typhi, is uncommon in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected persons. the symptoms in such patients are often non-specific and have a rather insidious onset and progression. we report a patient with sepsis and lower limb gangrene due to salmonella typhi infection in an hiv-infected patient.

the wisconsin test card sorting test (wcst) is a neuropsychological test that has been suggested as a more specific test for frontal lobes dysfunctions. this study was designed to determine whether wcst is able to differentiate between iranian psychiatric patients with cognitive disorders and normal subjects, and whether wcst scores are related to severity of symptoms in depressive and schizoph...

to be considered trademark, symbols and emblems must be missing some situations (negative substantive conditions) and have some conditions (positive substantive conditions). non-traditional marks, especially those which are visible such as colors and three-dimensional marks face challenges in order to comply with these conditions.some declare that such mark are not registrable they strictly bel...

background: latrodectism, a syndrome caused by latrodectus genus, is one of the clinical problems that occur predominantly in north east of iran. nowadays antivenom therapy has become the most useful treatment for animal bites; however there is still a controversy about route and time of antivenom administration in spider bite. the aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of speci...