background: many alternative interventions are practiced in an effort to reduce symptoms of fibromiyalgia. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sleep and touch therapy accompanied by music and aromatherapy on the symptoms of fibromyalgia and depression. methods: the study was carried out between september 2009 and march 2011 in the physical medicine and rehabilitation polyclini...

abstract aim: to assess anti-neuronal antibodies (na) prevalence and their correlation with neurological disorders and bowel habits in celiac disease (cd) patients. background: neurological manifestations are estimated to occur in about 10% of celiac disease patients and na to central nervous system (cns) and enteric nervous system (ens) are found in a significant proportion of them. little is ...

aim : the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections (sths) infection and other intestinal parasites in patients with gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms in tehran province, iran. background : the world health organization (who) suggests that many people in the world are chronically affected by sths and intestinal parasites. furthermore infection is clo...

abstract background: the aim of this study was to standardize and assign validity and reliability of the trauma symptom checklist for children (tscc-a). methods: normative data for the tscc-a were based on 3042 students participating in a prevalence child abuse study in 19 different locations of tehran and 140 participants who had been refered to the run-away children centers in tehran. after t...

conclusions: these findings demonstrated that cognitive failure and alexithymia had important roles in strengthening and appearance of high-risk behaviors in students with learning disabilities. therefore, considering those problems, precautionary actions might be necessary. results: the results showed that high-risk behaviors had significant positive correlations with difficulty identifying fe...

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: this study aimed to assess the prevalence of borderline personality symptoms in 16-18 year old adolescents. methods: in this cross sectional – descriptive study, 422 high school students (211 boys, 211 girls) aged 16-18 were selected by cluster random sampling and simple random sampling in 2011-2012. the participants were assessed using the revised diagnostic interview for borderline...

in a double blind, parallel-group, clinical trial we compared the effects of conjugated estrogen with estrogen plus methyltestosterone in surgically menopausal women. in this study, 251 women were randomly assigned to one of the two regimens: 1-conjugated estrogen 0.625 mg/day +placebo. 2-conjungated estrogen 0.625 mg/day+methyltestosterone 1.25 mg/day (e+a group). study parameters were psychol...

a case of acute extrapyramidal manifestations consisting of dystonia and akathisia following abrupt discontinuation of propranolol is reported. she responded well to oral propranolol and intramuscular diazepam. extrapyramidal symptoms have commonly been associated with acute or chronic administration of neuroleptic drugs. there have been reports of a substantial number of cases with similar cli...

aim and background: the concept of god concept is transferred to individuals by means of cultural and theological media. it is a conceptual understanding of people about the attributes of god and is closely associated with their mental health. the aim of the current study was to predict symptoms based on the concept of god in iranian medical students. methods and materials: in this correlationa...