Achieving greater independence for individuals with mental retardation depends upon the acquisition of several key skills, including time-management and scheduling skills. The ability to perform tasks according to a schedule is essential to domains like independent living and employment. The use of a portable schedule prompting system to increase independence and self-regulation in time-managem...

BACKGROUND Structural characteristics of social networks such as primary group size have received less attention than measures of perceived social support. Previous research suggests that associations between social network size and later common mental disorder status may differ according to sex and initial mental state. METHOD Adults participating in the 2000 British National Household Surve...

Overview Chemotherapy-induced (or radiotherapy-induced) vomiting (emesis) and nausea can significantly affect a patient’s quality of life, leading to poor compliance with further chemotherapy or radiation therapy treatment. Nausea and vomiting can also result in metabolic imbalances, degeneration of self-care and functional ability, nutrient depletion, anorexia, decline of performance status an...

background: fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in primary care that adversely affects work, family life, and social relations. the purpose of this study was to survey the relationship between work schedule and fatigue among the emergency personnel of isfahan, iran using the checklist individual strength (cis) standard method in 2010. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on ...

BACKGROUND Individuals in lower socio-economic groups have an increased prevalence of common mental disorders. AIMS To investigate the longitudinal association between socio-economic position and common mental disorders in a general population sample in the UK. METHOD Participants (n=2406) were assessed at two time points 18 months apart with the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule. The sam...

The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS), Part I, and the Present State Examination (PSE) are both structured interviews to assess the present psychiatric condition. The present article attempts to provide researchers with information that may help them to decide which of the two instruments would be most suitable for their purposes. We describe the similarities and differe...

objectives: the current study was performed to investigate the relationship between mental impairment and each component of activity of daily living (adl) in elderly residents of the kahrizak charity foundation. methods & materials: standardized iranian mini mental examination and barthel index were used to assest cognitive status and adl in 184 elderly residents of kahrizak, respectively. resu...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

This paper is about novel methods for finding Joinable Schedules (JS) as defined by J. Somló and extended by E. K. Nagy. After a short introduction to JSs and their merits,generalization of JSs are introduced. This article deals with methods aimed to improve the efficiency of finding JSs. After introducing the methods and the underlying principles, the methods are analyzed and their results on ...

OBJECTIVE To assess neuropsychiatric sequelae 1 year after minor head injury in a cross sectional study using home interviews with patients and their relatives at 1 year after head injury. METHODS The study cohort included 148 adults who were admitted to hospital after a minor head injury between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 1995 and showed clinical or radiological evidence of brain injury. Main o...