Objectives: Despite the gradual growth of psychology of injury literature, thus far few studies have investigated physiotherapists’ personal experiences in using psychology in their work. Therefore the purpose of this study was to explore the physiotherapists’ personal experiences in using psychological intervention techniques as part of sport injury rehabilitation. Design: This study adopted a...

Objective We investigated the influencing factors of the psychological resilience and self-efficacy of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and the relationships of psychological resilience and self-efficacy with negative emotion. Methods Eighty-eight participants were enrolled. Psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and negative emotion ...

There are approximately 400,000 am­ putees in the United States. It has been estimated that approximately 50,000 new amputations are performed each year . 1 3 , 1 5 Most amputees are males in their early six­ ties, approximately 90 percent of the am­ putations involve the lower limb, and approximately two-thirds of lower limb amputations are necessitated by diabe­ tes mellitus and/or peripheral...

purpose: the aim of our current research was to study the effect of group reality therapy on psychological well-being of female headed household. the research method was semi-experimental of in equivalent type along with pretest and posttest. method: hence, 30 women among female headed household under the coverage of varamin city welfare organization were non-randomly selected, and randomly ass...

the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icd) has currently become the standard treatment for preventing sudden cardiac death. there are some psychological consequences in patients with icd such as posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) after the shocks induced by icd. this report aimed to present the case of a 54-year-old man with icd who had developed ptsd; his ptsd was treated, using cognit...

INTRODUCTION Dementia and mild cognitive impairment are associated with an increased risk of depression, anxiety, psychological distress and poor mental health-related quality of life. However, there is a lack of research examining the evidence base for psychological interventions targeting general psychological well-being within this population. Furthermore, there is little research relating t...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in developed countries. Most cardiac rehabilitation programs include psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation techniques in cardiac patients including psychological-physical interventions such as Meditation and Relaxation. We enrolled 45 patients with CVD and depression. The pat...