54-year-old male patient was admitted in endocrine ward and referred to our hospital for psychiatric consult due to malaise symptoms , dysphoric mood, irritability, insomnia, loss of appetite, increasing the amount of speech, lack of enjoyment of life, hopelessness, thoughts of worthlessness ,thoughts of death (these symptoms was started from 4 months ago ,after some career change ). other symp...

background: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problems leads to reduced health efficiency. on the other hand, work-related anxiety and depression is another important factor that could result in reduced productivity in organizations and physical and mental problems in personnel. musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the most common occupational health problems that have high cost...

objective: in this research, a new approach termed as “evolutionary-based brain map” is presented as a diagnostic tool to classify schizophrenic and control subjects by distinguishing their electroencephalogram (eeg) features. methods: particle swarm optimization (pso) is employed to find discriminative frequency bands from different eeg channels. by deploying the energy of those selected frequ...

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a distressing condition, which is often treated with psychological and/or pharmacological therapies. the talk will give information about current treatment regimes in ptsd which haven proven evidence in reviews and meta-analysis. furthermore, new and somewhat experimental treatments will be presented to provide insights into new treatment approaches.

following exposure to a major traumatic event like iran-iraq war(1980-1988) various reaction occurs, some of which result in stress-related psychiatric disorder. we have briefly described one such case and used it to indicate some features of post-traumatic stress disorder. the patient, b.b, is a 54 years old man who has served in iran-iraq war operations for about 19 months. he expresses that ...

posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a disorder of emotional and mental stress occurring as an outcome of injury or severe emotional shock. several neuroimaging studies in humans have shown the functions and relationship between the anatomical changes of brain and ptsd. the three major areas of the brain are affected by ptsd .these three areas are the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cor...

objective: in some areas of iran self -immolation is one of the most common ways for committing suicide and it is very disturbing and painful for those who witness it. due to the presence of the families/relatives of the self-immolation victims in the psychiatric clinics seeking for the treatment of ptsd sings, we decided to carry out a research in this respect. method: this descriptive cross-s...

objective: the current study was conducted to compare the efficacy and side effects of bifrontal electrode placement with standard bitemporal electrode placement in the treatment of patients with major depression. method: eighty nine patients with major depression were treated with a course of bifrontal or bitemporal ect. all patients received 8 sessions of ect treatment; and the hamilton ratin...

objective: mixed anxiety-depressive disorder (madd) is a condition in which patients have both anxiety and depressive symptoms but do not meet the diagnostic criteria for either an anxiety disorder or a mood disorder. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of imipramine and citalopram in the treatment of madd. methods: fifty one outpatients aged 18 to 55 who were diagnosed with madd ...

the present study aimed to examine the efficacy of metacognitive therapy in treatment of patients with pure obsession.six patients suffering from pure obsession were selected using purposeful sampling method and were included after meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. patients were assessed using the structured clinical interview for dsm- iv axis i disorder - patient edition (scid- i/p)...