In the next decades, the world’s population in urban areas will increase by 2-3 billion people (1). Within this population context, there is increasing evidence that both socially disadvantaged inhabitants and people with a minority status are at high risk for mental disorders and mental health burden (2-4). Differential analyses of individual-level and neighborhoodlevel socioeconomic factors i...

Sleep deprivation is a major public health challenge in modern societies. The current study aims to assess the level of sleep nurses critical care units, reveal consequences deprivation, and characterize relationship between them with demographic data nurses. A descriptive design has been performed study. It carried out units hospitals city Najaf from October 20, 2021 March 2022. Non-probabilit...

Introduction: Mental health problem among the adolescent is one of major global challenges. Adolescence a transition phase ranging from 10 to 19 years. Most these problems are manifested at this stage life. Adolescents more vulnerable mental as they face biological, physical, social and cultural simultaneously. Objective: The study objective assess status secondary level school adolescents. Met...

OBJECTIVE The problem of runaway girls is one of the social problems which has become more prevalent and is considered a serious challenge for families, welfare centers and governmental organizations in Iran. This study aimed at determining the demographic, personality and psychopathology characteristic of a sample of runaway girls in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS Fifty girls who had escaped from the...

BACKGROUND Students who fail to thrive on the Nottingham undergraduate medical course frequently suffer from anxiety, depression or other mental health problems. These difficulties may be the cause, or the result of, academic struggling. Early detection of vulnerable students might direct pastoral care and remedial support to where it is needed. We investigated the use of the short-form General...

OBJECTIVE Most individuals with Parkinson's disease live in their own homes cared for by a family member. Providing such long term care can be a source of significant stress, with many carers experiencing sleep difficulty, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and other symptoms of psychological strain. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychological treatments in cl...

BACKGROUND 'Palpitation' is one of the most common complaints in patients referring to cardiologists. In modern medicine era, these patients suffer from much distress and some cases are known to be difficult to treat. Although the clinician's first duty is obviously to search for an organic basis for this symptom, the diagnostic evaluation is frequently unrevealing. However, clinical experience...

BACKGROUND Neurosurgical treatment and the severity of head injury (HI) can have remarkable effect on patients' neuropsychiatric outcomes. OBJECTIVES This research aimed to study the effect of these factors on cognitive functioning, general health and incidence of mental disorders in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). PATIENTS AND METHODS In this descriptive, longitudinal study, ...

Objective: In this clinical trial, we examined whether or not expressive writing as a psychological intervention reduces psychological distress in vitiligo patients receiving phototherapy.  Method: A total of 139 adult vitiligo patients were asked to complete the GHQ-28 in order to identify their psychiatric disturbances. The GHQ-28 scores showed that 78 patients (56.5%) had psychiatric...

We carried out a brief longitudinal mental health screen of 254 members of the UK's Air Assault Brigade before and after deployment to Iraq last year. Analysis of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) scores before and after deployment revealed a lower score after deployment (mean difference=0.93, 95% CI 0.35-1.52). This indicated a highly significant relative improvement in mental health (P < ...