objective: we aimed at designing a cross sectional study to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in iranian children and adolescents and to determine its relationship with social capital, life style, and parents' personality disorders. method: this cross sectional study was a national project implemented in all provinces of iran. in this community-based study, using ‎multistage c...

background with modern medical management, thalassemia major is now extending into adulthood and it is expected to have a negative impact on the quality of life (qol) of the patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate quality of life in patients with thalassemia major. materials and methods this is an analytic case control study. two hundred and fifty patients and 51 participants as control...

background substance use in patients with psychiatric disorder is an every-day seen. detection of this comorbidity can significantly affect the treatment of these disorders, as well as substance use. objectives this study has been conducted to determine the prevalence and pattern of substance use in hospitalized psychiatric patients. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 210 hospi...

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background: the use of physical restraint as an intervention in the care of psychiatric patients dates back to the beginning of psychiatry. although it is a challenging question, it is still one of the common procedures in psychiatry. considering that very little research has been done in iran in relation to physical restraint, this qualitative study aimed to investigate the experiences of nurs...

objective: psychiatric hospitalization of patients imposes heavy burdens on caregivers, but little is known about this issue in iran. the present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with psychiatric hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia who were the regular clients for the educational programs of the iranian society for supporting individuals with sch...

We evaluated the prevalence of diabetes comorbidity in Greek psychiatric patients, differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetics and the outcome of psychiatric disorder. Of 800 psychiatric patients meeting our inclusion criteria, 82 (10.2%) had diabetes mellitus; 28% type 1 and 72% type 2. The mean age at onset of mental illness was earlierfortype 1 diabetics (mean 26.95, SD 9.09 years) than ...

psychiatric diseases are one of the oldest and well known diseases that many scientific and medical solutions are presented about treatment of them. among psychiatric diseases, schizophrenia is one of the important diseases that are special for humanity. schizophrenia is a mental disease that has many signs and symptoms in thought, perception, excitement, and also, have observable behavioral di...

background: psychiatric patients have an increased risk of some infections like toxoplasmosis. investigations on toxoplasma gondii infection among psychiatric patients have been limited in mashhad, northeast of iran. in this case-control study, prevalence of t. gondii was investigated by serological method. methods: this case-control study was performed among psychiatric patients admitted to av...

hepatitis b, as a chronic disorder that may be associated with several psychiatric disorders, such as depression, and decrease quality of life of affected patients. one of the most important consequences of psychiatric problems is reduced patient compliance with prolonged therapeutic regimens. psychotherapy, such as solution– focused therapy, may help these patients to resolve psychiatric probl...