background: to assess the effect of method of delivery on women's mental health to improve of health status. methods: eleven hundred healthy women who had recently either normal vaginal delivery (nvd) or cesarean section (cs) were studied 6 week after delivery in 2005. the data were collected with using the 36-items short-form (sf-36) questionnaire by interviewing method. spss software version ...

abstract previous research have shown that physical and mental illness and mortality are influenced by class status, material life standards, genetics and infection, but today social context attracted attention. in this paper social capital as a composition of social trust, support and relations seen as a mental health determinant. the aim of this paper is examining the relationship between soc...

Psychological partner violence is a considerable problem, despite its invisible outcomes on victims' physical health. Focusing on mental health, the present study looked at differences in mental illness, such as depression, stress, and anxiety, among victims and non-victims of psychological violence. A convenience sample of women (n = 267) visiting health-care centres in refugee camps in Jordan...

Donor safety and preservation of donor health after living liver donation are of paramount importance. In addition, the preoperative mental state of a donor is an important factor in determining the psychological impact of donor hepatectomy. Thus, we aimed to explore the mental health status of living liver donors after hepatectomy. We enrolled 60 donors who were scheduled to undergo living don...

A 13-year-old Hispanic male presented to the emergency department (ED) with an altered mental status (AMS) after a 4-day history of nausea and vomiting. Values for electrolytes, glucose, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, calcium, and a complete blood count were all within their reference intervals. The patient’s symptoms...

OBJECTIVES Although previous research has shown that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with mental illness, it is unclear which aspects of SES are most important. We investigated this issue by examining associations between 5 aspects of SES and adolescent mental disorders. METHODS Data came from a national survey of US adolescents (n = 6483). Associations among absolute SES (parent...

Results The age of the subjects varied from 19 34, with the median 25 yrs. They were wandering on the road & were sexually exploited for their basic needs. Cheap & easy availability, sexual perversion, substance abuse, Lack of family support, inability to stress condom usage to partners leads to dissemination of HIV in the society. HIV was positive (64%) among them & CD4 count was low as much a...

Background: Clinical evaluation of hospitalized patients with acute altered mental status (AMS) is a common task of interns, regardless ofmedical specialty. The effectiveness ofmedical education to ensure competence in this area is unknown. Objective: To measure competency of new interns in the evaluation and management of AMS using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Methods: ...

Hyperammonemia is a recognized cause of encephalopathy. However, it is commonly seen in patients with liver disease. The clinical entity of noncirrhotic hyperammonemia is now being increasingly recognized. We report a man who presented to our hospital with relapsing altered mental status later diagnosed as noncirrhotic hyperammonemia.