background & aim: at recent three decades, management of chronic mental disorders has been a focus of attention in mental health systems. this study aimed to assess the efficacy of group psychodrama in reducing depression in inpatient women with chronic mental disorder. method & materials: in this semi-experimental study, thirty women with chronic mental disorders bedridden at razi comprehensiv...

objectives: multiple studies have noted the positive effect of fasting on mental health improvement. the present study was conducted to determine the effect of fasting on mental health in the general population of kermanshah, iran. methods: in this analytical research, one-group pretest-posttest design was used for the evaluation of 110 residents of kermanshah city. general health questionnaire...

conclusions psychoeducation resulted in improved mental health in patients with coronary heart disease. therefore, it is recommended that this approach be performed as a complementary, effective, non-invasive, low-cost nursing intervention to reduce psychological problems in these patients. background patients with coronary heart disease are at high risk for mental health disorders, such as dep...

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background critical thinking is one of the most important concepts in the field of education. despite studies published on nursing students’ critical thinking skills (cts), some suggest that there is not enough evidence supporting the relationship between content of nursing education programs and nursing students’ cts. conclusions the students were low skilled in critical thinking and their cts...

background self immolation is a heinous way to commit suicide which is mostly prevalent in individuals who attempt to escape a stressful situation and is considered as a strange and unusual method. objectives this study examined demographic characteristics and mental health in self immolation attempters in the city of bandar abbas. materials and methods two groups are involved in this enquiry. ...

materials and methods a number of 100 patients with imr, normal karyotypes and negative fragile-x and metabolic tests were screened for subtelomeric abnormalities using mlpa technique. results nine of 100 patients showed subtelomeric abnormalities with at least one of the two mlpa kits. deletion in a single region was found in 3 patients, and in two different subtelomeric regions in 1 patient. ...