to identify mental disorders and their prevalence in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (rp).this descriptive study was carried out between january 2009 and january 2010 on 417 patients with rp, who were members of iran rp center. the necessary data were collected using questionnaires consisting two parts: the background characteristics and questions assessing the mental health and screening pe...

objective: the aim of the present study is to perform a systematic review of studies that investigated the prevalence of any kind of mental disorders in high school students in iran. method: a broad search was conducted in medline/pubmed, isi web of science, psychinfo, cinahl, embase, and three iranian databases, including iranpsych, iranmedex, and scientific information database (sid). to cove...

objective: this study aims at conducting a systematic review of the researches performed to determine case finding rates throughout the integration of mental health services into phc over recent twenty years . method : through electronic search, major national and international databases including pubmed, psychinfo, and embase were investigated. all original studies and researches in persian or...

OBJECTIVE To provide a description of the methods and key findings of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. METHOD A national face-to-face household survey of 8841 (60% response rate) community residents aged between 16 and 85 years was carried out using the World Mental Health Survey Initiative version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Diagnos...

many patients with epilepsy suffer also from coexisting psychological problems. these mental co-morbidities have a significant impact on quality of life of patients with epilepsy. recent studies have shown that although antiepileptic drugs (aeds) treat epilepsy, they may increase risk of mental disorders in these patients . due to the lack of adequate research in this area, we assessed psychiat...

Introduction: University students, as the future manpower resources, are of high importance for communities. One of the aspects to focus on is their mental health. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between alexithymia, irrational beliefs, positive and negative emotions with mental disorders in students. Methods: There were 400 students, selected randomly through stra...