background: to compare mental health and well- being in different levels of the perceived discrimination among iranian people living in tehran. method: using multi- stage sampling, 1255 subjects with the average age of 45 years and 9 months (including 672 women and 583 men) were selected and they completed all items of the general health questionnaire (ghq), the social well- being inventory (sw...

Stigma may interfere with mental health service use. We measured self-stigma and stigma-related cognitions (group identification and perceived legitimacy of discrimination) at baseline in 85 people with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or affective disorders. After 6 months, 75 (88%) had reported use of mental health services. Controlling for baseline psychopathology, perceived stigma and diagnos...

BACKGROUND Health locus of control (HLC) has been associated with a variety of ailments and health outcomes and designed to predict behaviors and cognitive processes relevant to mental and physical health. This study investigated the relationships between perceived health locus of control, self-esteem, and mental health status among Iranian students. METHODS In this analytical study the subje...

background: progressive prevalence of anabolic steroid use and physical and mental consequences of these drugs are known as worldwide healthy problems. willingness to being fitness and having muscular body and unhealthy beliefs about anabolic steroids are determinant behavioral factors of anabolic storied use. the purpose of this study was to determine the behavioral reason of anabolic steroid ...

Objectives: Psychiatric stigma refers to systemic and internalized stereotypical negative attitudes against individual with mental illness. This article describes the level of self stigma, stereotype endorsement and perceived discrimination experienced by patients with Bipolar-I disorder in Tehran. Methods: Data were collected from a total of 126 patients with Bipolar-I disorder who responde...

BACKGROUND Self-esteem and life satisfaction are important aspects of positive mental health in young people, and both are socially distributed. However, the majority of evidence is based on socioeconomic characteristics of the family. As children enter adolescence and gain independence, perceptions of their own social position are likely to influence mental health. DESIGN AND OBJECTIVES Usin...

Several studies assess mental health in older adults, but relatively few do so from a multi-informant perspective. In this work, discrepancies self-perception and third-person perception of the adults were analyzed two age groups differentiated by sex place residence. Relationships between different scales that measure psychopathology psychosocial competencies also analyzed. A sample 288 people...