background: non-ulcer dyspepsia (nud) is one of the common gastrointestinal disorders considered as a psychosomatic disorder. the effectiveness of psychological intervention in improving symptoms of this disease remains unclear. the objective of this study was to assess the effects of add-on stress management training on symptoms of nud. materials andmethods: in a randomized clinical trial, 28 ...

BACKGROUND Elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the Iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. This study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. METHODS Data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ...

objectives : the study was designed to examine the comorbidity of pathological mood and anxiety disorders among hospitalized addicts and normal individuals.   method : fifty male addicts (n=50), hospitalized in a psychiatric center, in west of iran, and fifty normal subjects (n=50) were selected. the subjects were matched in terms of demographic characteristics. the subjects in both groups were...

introduction: mental health is an important matter in human life and very effective in personal and social life. the aim of this research is studying the effective factors on mental health in employees working environment. methods: this research is a descriptive-cross sectional study and the sample includes 749 individuals of official staff selected via two-step cluster sampling. the samples we...

objective : patients with chronic physical diseases sometimes show increased loss of function; such patients need more care. anxiety is a well-known symptom that is prevalent among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients that can prolong and increase the risk of hospitalization. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the severity of anxiety in the mentioned patients and to examine the...

introduction: although the effectiveness of paroxetine and attention modification program has been studied separately in treating social anxiety disorder, there has been no research comparing them according to the literature. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of paroxetine, attention modification program (amp) and combination of both on improving the social anxiety symptoms...

BACKGROUND Findings demonstrated that parents of children with cancer experience elevated levels of distress, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and subjective symptoms of stress. In this study, we determined effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms in mothers of children with cancer. METHODS Four mothers whos...

irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders particularly affecting the quality of life (qol). evaluating qol in ibs patients is a valuable method of defining a psychobiological pattern of disease. various disease specific and general instruments are now available to measure health-related qol (hrqol) in ibs patients. though, no comparison has been made be...