mental disorders are known to be an important cause of disabilities worldwide. despite their importance, about two thirds of mentally ill people do not seek treatment, probably because of the mental health system's inability to decrease the negative side effects of the interaction with the mental health services. the world health organization has suggested the concept of responsiveness as a way...

conclusion according to the results of this study it is recommended that more attention be paid to improve mental health of students. results the mean age of participants was 16.5 (sd = 1.34) year. 50.2% of them were male. the mean ghq-score of all participants was 2.99 (sd = 2.5), and 35.4% of them obtained the cut of point score of ≥ 3.7. the mean ghq-scores of males and females were 3.27 (sd...

objective: poly cystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a common endocrine condition that affects up to one fifth of the women of reproductive age. the overall prevalence of the depressive disorders has been shown to be about 12% in a large multi-centric study of obstetric-gynecologic patients. this study was designed to evaluate the distribution of depression and mental health status in women with pco...

abstract background/objective: this study was undertaken to address psychological health effects of dentists’ exposure to low ambient levels of mercury. methods: one hundred and six dentists and 94 general practitioners were randomly selected from clinics in shiraz city, iran. subjects were asked to complete the persian version of general health questionnaire. the data were analyzed using χ2 te...

the psychological effects and mental health issues in natural disaster is one of the most important affairs which have got less attention. there have been a great amount of health and social policies confronting with these physicaly and financially problems. this selection deals with the importance 'of mental health in natural disasters and the lack of psychiatrits psychologists and counse...

aims: as a talented and educated groups, university students have a critical role in country, thus, their mental health has an especial importance in learning. the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between internet addiction disorder and mental health among university students of medical sciences in khalkhal. instrument & methods: as a descriptive-analytical research, this study ...

conclusions palpitation is the most common symptom in psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and somatization disorders. according to the results of this study, psychiatric causes have an important role in iranian patients complaining of palpitations (benign form). considering this fact may lead to a more effective treatment of benign palpitations. patients and methods this is a case-control stu...

conclusions attribution retraining improved mental health in the epileptic children in our study. it, therefore, seems to be an appropriate intervention for promoting the mental health of children. results the findings showed that the experimental group, in comparison with the control group, experienced a reduction in physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression a...

patients and methods in this study, 250 high school students in shiraz were selected using random cluster sampling. the samples were analyzed using the food frequency questionnaire (ffq) and the general health questionnaire (ghq-28). results according to the findings, parental mental health explains 22% of the variance in children’s mental health, so that in simultaneous regression, physical di...