To O N E J U S T B A C K from overseas the contrast between the United States and Europe is striking, particularly when one is transported in a few hours from a continent of hungry, unhappy people living amid widespread devastation and demoralization to a country with an abundance of the good things of life. But despite the destruction all about one in Europe, i t is inspiring to realize that a...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of naturalistic educational interventions on attitudes towards persons with mental illness. Methods: In a pre nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psycholo course in mental illness, using questionnaires focusing general and towards schizophrenia in particular their being afraid of people with mental illne...

try to cognitively suppress by conscious attempts to distract themselves via motor restlessness or impulsive behavior. This combined with the hyperarousal symptoms [criterion D of DSM IV] makes differentiation from attention-deficit disorder difficult. Possibly, when pre-existing ADHD is a vulnerability factor to develop PTSD. Similar mechanisms hold good for other comorbid disorders also. In p...

We examined the utility of a newly developed perceived air pollution (PAP) scale and of a modeled air pollution (MAP) scale derived from it for predicting previously observed birth outcomes of pregnant women enrolled following September 11, 2001. Women reported their home and work locations in the four weeks after September 11, 2001 and the PAP at each site on a four-point scale designed for th...

Severe pain is highly prevalent, with rates of 40% to 70% in patients with advanced cancer, liver disease, heart failure, human immunodeficiency virus, and renal failure. Wide variations in pain assessment and reporting methods and the measurement of multiple symptoms should be addressed in future studies. Regarding psychological approaches, determining whether hypnotherapy or other individual ...

macrophage activating syndrome (mas) is a life-threatening disease seen in autoimmune diseases including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, still's disease, polyarteritis nodosa. it is characterized by fever, pancytopenia, liver failure, coagulopathy, and neurologic symptoms and high serum ferritin. a 27 yr. old female patient was admitted in shahid mostafa khomeini hospital (tehra...

primary immunodeficiencies (pid) are a group of disorders, characterized by an unusual susceptibility to infections. delay in diagnosis results in increased morbidity and mortality in affected patients. the purpose of this study was to determine the mortality rate of iranian immunodeficient patients referred to children medical center hospital affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences...

Background: The severe measures of lockdown imposed in Italy to limit the SARS coronavirus 2 disease (COVID-19) spread caused an increase reported anxiety, depression and suicidal rate among general population. Patients affected by rheumatic disorders feature increased risk mood for chronic course itself related disability. Objectives: Aim this study was investigate impact COVID-19 on emotional...

superior vena cava (svc) syndrome is not an uncommon occurrence in patients with malignancy and it is often described as a medical emergency. in majority of the cases, svc syndrome occurs due to mechanical obstruction of the svc by extraluminal compression with primary intrathoracic malignancies. however, intraluminal obstruction due to thrombosis can also produce symptoms and signs of svc synd...