the purpose of this research was to evaluate health workers knowledge about mental disorders and their performance in delivering mental health services as well as examining their attitude towards mental disorders. the study was part of a general and country wide evaluation of the integration of mental health in the phc. in this study, the knowledge, attitude, and performance of 266 health worke...

accurately localizing the mental foramen and mandibular canal is important when administering local anesthesia and performing surgery; therefore, knowing the normal range of the possible locations is essential. our purpose was to assess the location of the mental foramen and mandibular canal in an iranian population using panoramic radiography.standard panoramic radiographies were performed. th...

One of the most important issues in development trend for any country is having high mental health among the youth, so the study of students' mental health as an important group in every country is so necessary. The main aim of this research is the study of mental health among Shiraz University students as a sample group. With selecting Maslow and psychological modernization as theoretical fra...

objective: there have been concerns about people with mental health problems experiencing harassment in the iranian community. this study measures the prevalence and nature of harassment experienced by individuals with mental health problems and compares them with the general population. methods : face to face interviews were conducted by trained interviewers to ascertain experiences of harassm...

background : connection between socioeconomic statuses and mental health has been reported already. accordingly, mental health asymmetrically is distributed in society; therefore, people with disadvantaged condition suffer from inconsistent burden of mental disorders. in this study, we aimed to understand the determinants of socioeconomic inequality of mental health in the female-headed househo...

introduction: mental retardation, is one of the most common causes for referral to genetic counseling centers, and is one of the greatest challenges in health care services in the world. down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormalities in humans. methods: this study performed in medical genetic counseling center of welfare organization in south of iran with high consanguineous marriag...

objective: this study proposed a model for provision of an effective universal coverage for mental health services based on global and national experiences, available resources and the nature of primary health care system of iran to reduce the burden of mental health conditions. method: a framework with prioritized mental and social health services was devised through a review of literature and...

emigration and cultural differences in host countries is the cause of the mental disorders increase in emigrants. the purpose of the present study was to assess the mental health status of afghan emigrants living in shiraz. in this study 81 afghan emigrants were selected randomly and were assessed by the general health questionnaire (ghq-2b). data were analyzed using hest, x2, pearson correlati...