BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Anxiety after stroke is common and disabling. Stroke trialists have treated anxiety as a homogenous condition, and intervention studies have followed suit, neglecting the different treatment approaches for phobic and generalized anxiety. Using diagnostic psychiatric interviews, we aimed to report the frequency of phobic and generalized anxiety, phobic avoidance, predictor...

BACKGROUND There is currently no widely accepted instrument for measuring preoperative anxiety. The objective of this study was to develop a simple visual facial anxiety scale (VFAS) for assessing acute preoperative anxiety. METHODS The initial VFAS was comprised of 11 similarly styled stick-figure reflecting different types of facial expressions (Fig 1). After obtaining IRB approval, a total...

anxiety disorder is one of prevalent mental health problems that affect all aspects of human life. considering spirituality aspect of human is essential for mental health promotion. this study aimed to identify the relation between spirituality well-being and depression, anxiety and stress. a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 nursing students in islamic azad un...

background: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problems leads to reduced health efficiency. on the other hand, work-related anxiety and depression is another important factor that could result in reduced productivity in organizations and physical and mental problems in personnel. musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the most common occupational health problems that have high cost...

OBJECTIVE Anxiety is a common non-motor symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study analyzed the measurement properties of three frequently used anxiety scales in PD: the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale (HADS-A). METHOD The Rasch model was applied to a multicenter international cohort of...

OBJECTIVE Examination of the psychometric properties and content areas of the revised MMPI's (MMPI-2 [Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2]) content scales is required. In this study the criterion-related validity of the MMPI-2 Depression, Anxiety, and Anger Content scales was examined using the following conceptually relevant scales: The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety I...

Social anxiety is a frequent, disabling condition but often unrecognized feature in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of social anxiety among inpatients with schizophrenia. Sixty inpatients with DSM-V schizophrenia were recruited from Niayesh psychiatric hospital in 2015 in Tehran, Iran. They were interviewed with the Anxiety Disorders section of the SCID for D...