This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental disorders caused drug dependency and substance abuse in hospitalized patients of Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah City. The study method was retrospective descriptive. The research population and statistical sample consisted all of patients with mental disorders and hospitalized drug abuse in Farabi Psychiatric Hospital in 2012 which 359 pat...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : this study aimed to determine the types of elder abuse, their risk factors and the characteristics of abusers among abused elderly people aged above 60 years in isfahan. methods : in this descriptive cross-sectional study, abused elderly individuals aged above 60 years that referred to the centers of competent jurisdiction with complaint a...

Background: Globally United nations children fund (UNICEF), 2003 Reported that ‘the latest estimate put the numbers of street children as high as 100 million. Preventing drug abuse in street children is big challenge to public health ex-perts. Very few studies have been done on the subject of street children in Tigray. Based on a forum on Street Children study before 10 years back, nearly 18.7%...

Substance abuse can be described as any chemical abuse, implying the use of one or more substances in a manner that its user excessively and progressively consumes substance large quantities detrimental to themselves those around them. The study examined prevalence among secondary school adolescents Owerri Municipal Council Imo State. adopted descriptive survey design. Two research questions hy...

Participants were 61 sexually abused and 57 nonsexually abused women. The authors examined whether recent methodologies adopted from social-cognitive psychology might prove helpful in understanding the previously reported negative relation between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adult sexual function. In Part I, a card-sort task was used to explore potential differences between sexually abused...

Conducted a study to determine whether the House-Tree-Person Test might be used as a means to identify physically abused children. Protocols of 32 abused children, 32 nonabused but disturbed children, and 45 apparently very well-adjusted children were examined for the presence of 15 objectively scorable items that emerged as good potential discriminators from a pilot study of 60 children. Resul...

The mental representations and self-concept of 20 sexually abused, 20 physically abused, and 20 nonabused but distressed females, ages 7-12, were studied using the TAT and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. Results were analyzed both statistically from objective scoring systems, and clinically from direct observations and from an analysis of the interaction of abused children with ...

Abstract Background The misuse of illicit substances is associated with increased morbidity and mortality; thus, substance abuse a global health concern. Arabian Gulf region considered crossing point consumer drugs. However, lack laboratory-based research has limited the scientific assessment drug in region. Thus, an up-to-date analytical representation situation warranted. Methods We investiga...