background: diabetes is one of the most common diseases worldwide that the number of sufferers in the world reaches 177 million. diabetic patients are more likely to get depressed than others. however, the demographic features of patients could be effective in this regard. the aim of present study was to assess the severity of depression in diabetic patients according to their demographic featu...

background : according to the world health organization, mental disorders are one of ten major causes of disabilities throughout the world. this study aimed to investigate the prevalence rate of depression and to determine its associated factors in students of shiraz university of medical sciences (sums), iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study in 2012, 358 students participated voluntaril...

background: depression is a kind of sorrow that decreases the level of juiciness. most studies have maintained that psy­chological risk factors have the most profound effect on the development of postnatal depression (pnd). we compared the postnatal depression among the women with elective caesarean and vaginal delivery.  methods: this cross- sectional study was carried out on 120 women 1-4 mon...

We discuss and give elementary proofs of results of Brion and of LawrenceVarchenko on the lattice-point enumerator generating functions for polytopes and cones. While this note is purely expository, its contains a new proof of Brion’s Theorem using irrational decompositions.

Two hundred thirty-eight first-year college students were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Thirty students meeting the BDI criteria for moderate to severe depression were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. The treatment group received four 90-minute group sessions of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a novel treatment that combines exposure, cognitive...

BACKGROUND Often mental disorders are serious problems concerning psychological well-being. They require comprehensive and specialized psychiatric and psychological help, but there are no public methods of controlling your mental state. The aim of study was the evaluation of the utility of Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale in the diagnosis of social anxiety, impulsi...