objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the role of social support on the mental health of disabled war veterans alongside the role of physical disability and deployment type. the second aim of the study was to examine the relationship between coping strategies and mental health. method: 85 disabled iranian war veterans participated in this study. all of the participants were asked ...

Growth in the number of applications and subsequent awards for Social Security disabled-worker benefits marked the period from 1986 through 1993. These increases resulted in the 37 percent rise in the number of disabled-worker beneficiaries, 6 out of 10 of whom had disabilities within three diagnostic groups: circulatory disorders; mental disorders (other than mental retardation); and musculosk...

This study examined whether veterans disabled by auditory disorders face barriers to receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health services. We compared use of VA mental health services by veterans disabled by auditory disorders with use of such services by veterans disabled by four other chronic illnesses. We hypothesized that disabled veterans with auditory disorders, including...

objectives: nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers are encountered with high pressures and stresses and the objective of this study is the investigation of the relationship between the mental pressure of the nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers and their job burnout. methods: this study was done on 180 nurses of different shifts of nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers of mash...

mental disabled, according to the individual tort system is consider being liable if causes damage to another person. this rule seems not to be fair. in this article two solutions are proposed: first, fault presumption obtained by extensive interpretation of article seven of tort act and second authority conferred to judges by article 7 of the same act. but the just and final solution is the cr...

BACKGROUND Mental disorders are strongly associated with disabilities. National survey on disability could provide a reliable basis for policymaking in care and rehabilitation of disabled persons. This study aimed to describe the disability prevalence rates attributed to mental disorders, their distribution by sociodemographic factors, and utilizations of service. METHODS This study is a seco...

This article examines differences in access and use of care among children on Medicaid with physical disabilities, mental illness, and mental retardation/development disabilities (MR/DD) in New York City (NYC). We use 1999 and 2000 survey data obtained from the parents of a random sample of disabled children on Medicaid to conduct both descriptive and multivariate analyses. We find that the Med...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among mothers of mentally disabled children and mothers of non-disabled children, and to identify the determinants associated with psychiatric morbidity. METHODS A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in Qatar from January to June 2005 to compare the prevalence psychiatric morbidity by using the General Health Questionnai...