Discussion The mind, emotions and attention play an important role in the experience of pain. In patients with chronic pain, stress, fear and depression can amplify the perception of pain. Mind-body approaches act to change a person’s mental or emotional state or utilise physical movement to train attention or produce mental relaxation. They are occasionally used as a sole treatment, but more c...

Background & Aims: Some people use opioid substances to relief their chronic somatic pains. There are differences in the personality traits of this individuals and others who abuse opioid substances. The purpose of the present study was to compare these two groups in regard to their personality traits and disorders. Methods: In a cross-sectional study between 2007 to 2011, all patients refer...

Objective and Background: This study aimed at determining the predictors of chronic physical and mental quality of life (QOL) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) focusing on neuropsychological functions post trauma. Materials and Methods: This is a longitudinal study in which 257 patients having inclusion criteria were enrolled. Neuropsychological tasks including logical memory, verba...

Bipolar disorder is a phasic mental characterized by the presence of (hypo) maniac, depressive and/or mixedepisodes during course disease. A 70 year man, with no prior history episodes, began to suffera picture manic characteristics as an adolescent. Despite numerous drug treatments prescribed, there has beenno improvement, and followed torpid chronic course. Chronic unipolar mania clinical ent...

BACKGROUND Work disability involves large costs to the society as well as to the individual. Work disability is common among people with chronic pain conditions, yet few effective interventions exist. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based work rehabilitation model originally developed to help people with severe mental illness obtain and maintain employment. The effectivene...

BACKGROUND Chronic insomnia is associated with consequential experience that may affect quality of life. Understanding such experience can be helpful in planning effective interventions for patients with chronic insomnia. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to describe and illuminate the experience of living with chronic insomnia. METHOD The study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology appro...

The expert consensus of the Russian communities discusses issues comprehensive medical rehabilitation patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a contagious infectious that can cause pulmonary, cardiac, motor, metabolic, neurocognitive and mental disorders, is, multiple organ dysfunction. survivors, especially after severe clinical course, face serious psychological physica...