genetic studies were carried out on a total of 196 psychiatric patients, hospitalized in sorkhe hesar, roozbeh, cherazi and chaharom aban hospitals. out of all the patients studied, 74 were schizophrenic, 30 manic-depressive, 47 depressive (neurotic), 12, hysteric, 9 epileptic and the remainder had different psychiatric diseases and conditions such as: anxiety and phobia, scrupulousness mental ...

There is one school of psychiatric nursing which is at the provincial mental hospital, and works through two main teaching methods. These are, first, dividing the class into small groups, to discuss lectures and prepare for classes. Secondly, ward practice, which correlates classroom and clinical learning, and helps tutors and nursing staff to appreciate what the students are learning and what ...

Background: Infertility is an emotional crisis with physical, economic and psychosocial challenges, because it interferes with all personal life aspects. This event is a sever tension of life and produces strong emotional shock in the infertile couple. This study is done with the aim of determination the psychiatric problems of infertile women referring to infertility clinic of Hamadan Fatemyeh...

premenstrual syndrome is a common disorder experienced by up to 50% of women during reproductive age. the prevalence of severe form of pms (pmdd) is 3% to 8 %. psychiatric disorders in pms patients have resulted in significant morbidity and in some cases caused resistance to the treatment process.390 participants (264 with pms/pmdd, and 126 healthy students of university of guilan) who complete...

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...

introduction people suffering from psychiatric illness experience stigma as an unpleasant social construct. stigma has many damaging effects on the individuals, work, home-managing and social communications in these people. the main objective of this grounded theory study was to develop the perspectives of sufferers, their families, and healthcare team members about stigma in people with psychi...

the use of deep brain stimulation in psychiatric disorders has received great interest owing to the small risk of the operation, the reversible nature of the technique, and the possibility of optimizing treatment postoperatively. currently deep brain stimulation in psychiatry is investigated for obsessive-compulsive disorder, gilles de la tourette’s syndrome and major depression. this presentat...

how to cite this article: pattanayak rd, sagar r. psychiatric aspects of childhood epilepsy. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2):9-18. childhood epilepsy is a chronic, recurrent disorder of unprovoked seizures. theonset of epilepsy in childhood has significant implications for brain growth anddevelopment. seizures may impair the ongoing neurodevelopmental processes and compromise the child’s intellec...