emigration and cultural differences in host countries is the cause of the mental disorders increase in emigrants. the purpose of the present study was to assess the mental health status of afghan emigrants living in shiraz. in this study 81 afghan emigrants were selected randomly and were assessed by the general health questionnaire (ghq-2b). data were analyzed using hest, x2, pearson correlati...

background : china has become an aging society, and the mental health problem of the elderly is increasingly becom-ing prominent. this paper aimed to analyze the effect of air pollution and rural-urban difference on mental health of the elderly in china. methods : using the data from the china health and retirement longitudinal survey (charls, 2013), after control-ling the social demography var...

background: stigma is one of the obstacles in the treatment and regaining the mental health of people with mental illness. the aim was determination of mental illness stigma among nurses in psychiatric wards. this study was conducted in psychiatric wards of teaching hospitals in tabriz, urmia, and ardabil in the north-west of iran. materials and methods: this research is a descriptive analysis ...

a survey of effective factors on mental health   of employed women in urmia     moghadam tabrizi f [1]     abstract:   introduction: healith, according to definition of who, is a condition of complete physical, mental, and social health. mental health may be defined as capability, in becoming coordinated with others, improving the environment, and solving the conflicts. who reported that 1% of ...

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...

conclusions according to the results of the current study, living with family members has positive effects on mental health and other mental processes of adolescents. results according to the results of the current study, there was a significant relationship between the girl students living in boarding high schools and their peers in regular high schools in the aggression, anxiety, and depressi...

conclusions the results of this study provide information about the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorder among nurses, and factors, which affect the prevalence of such disorders. these findings can be used in strategic planning processes to improve nurses’ mental health. results the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorder among nurses was estimated to be 27.5%. gender and sleep disorders w...