background: hypothyroidism is a condition caused by a decrease in the thyroid gland hormones. this disease is very common at all age ranges. regarding its long term therapeutic procedure, this disease can affect the quality of life and the mental health of the patients. the present study aimed to compare the quality of life and mental health in hypothyroid patients and normal people. methods: t...

This is the fourth paper in our series of four articles on mental health and the global development agenda. The first paper addressed core conceptual issues in mental health, the second addressed social and economic challenges to getting mental health on the global agenda, the third addressed international and national policy challenges to developing and implementing mental health policy in cou...

The business case for health-care quality improvement is presented. We contend that investment in process improvement is aligned with patients' interests, the organization's reputation, and the engagement of their workforce. Four groups benefit directly from quality improvement: patients, providers, insurers, and employers. There is ample opportunity, even in today's predominantly pay-for-volum...

objective: present study aimed to evaluate the effects of stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence on the quality of life and mental health of iranian women with urinary incontinence (ui). materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study of quality of life and mental health among women without and with different types of urinary incontinence (n = 140). quality of life (qol) and mental...

introduction: leisure activities are common among the elderly, however the effect of such activities on their mental health is poorly defined and not underpinned by strong evidence. this study aims to determine the prevalence of leisure activities and its relation to mental health in the elderly. methods: a cross- sectional study was conducted and 400 community dwelling older adults 60 years an...

BACKGROUND In order to reduce the huge treatment gap in mental health, WHO has called for integrating mental health into primary care. The purposes of this study are to provide a training course to improve the community mental health staff's knowledge of mental health and reduce stigma related to mental illness, as well as to evaluate the impact of this training on knowledge and stigma. METHO...

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses the looming crisis in managing the physical health of people who have mental health problems, and how it will be tackled.

BACKGROUND With increasing evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of Web-based interventions and mindfulness-based training in improving health, delivering mindfulness training online is an attractive proposition. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two Internet-based interventions (basic mindfulness and Health Action Process Approach enhanced mindfulness) with w...

Challenges to improving human health and well being are both within and outside our control despite the best of scientific advances. While advances continue to offer improved technologies, and thus our ability to not only improve detection and treatment of disease, preventing the roots of illness from taking hold involves environmental and social factors. For example, climate and politics can a...