ôbjectivity, reliability and validity of examinations in psychiatry have always been one of the major concerns of experts in this discipline. recently, objective structured clinical examination (ôsçë) for its unique approach and by providing the requirements of psychiatric examinations has been a topic of interest. ïn ïran, an ôsçë has been replaced the individual patient assessment (ïpâ) for e...

objective: given that the topic of bipolar disorder overdiagnosis has been relatively neglected in the literature and considering its significance in psychiatric training. the present study was conducted through an objective structured clinical examination (osce) on psychiatric residents to assess the validity of their clinical diagnosis. methods: twenty forth residents participated in the exam...

background although the number of infectious diseases has sharply decreased in last few decades, parasitic diseases persist in developing countries. on the other hand, chronic psychiatric patients tend to have low self-control, poor personal hygiene, long term institutionalization and extremely low self-care should be monitored for parasitic diseases since psychosocial conditions can contribute...

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psychiatric diseases are one of the oldest and well known diseases that many scientific and medical solutions are presented about treatment of them. among psychiatric diseases, schizophrenia is one of the important diseases that are special for humanity. schizophrenia is a mental disease that has many signs and symptoms in thought, perception, excitement, and also, have observable behavioral di...

background: psychiatric patients have an increased risk of some infections like toxoplasmosis. investigations on toxoplasma gondii infection among psychiatric patients have been limited in mashhad, northeast of iran. in this case-control study, prevalence of t. gondii was investigated by serological method. methods: this case-control study was performed among psychiatric patients admitted to av...

hepatitis b, as a chronic disorder that may be associated with several psychiatric disorders, such as depression, and decrease quality of life of affected patients. one of the most important consequences of psychiatric problems is reduced patient compliance with prolonged therapeutic regimens. psychotherapy, such as solution– focused therapy, may help these patients to resolve psychiatric probl...

sun light accompany with rest and fresh air is beneficial for maintenance of health. although scientific and laboratory witnesses have shown the relationship between light exposure and mental health, the live experience of pleasure feeling of sunlight is far more than what is accepted by experimental and observational researches. patient with affective disorders have been treated by increasing ...

thalassemia major is a genetic blood disorder that is detected by the symptoms of chronic and severe anemia, failure to thrive, an enlarged liver and spleen, bone deformities particularlya deformed face and bulging forehead. due to changes in physical appearance, the disease can influence on other aspects of the patient's life, so the disease could strongly impact on the mental health of t...

objective: providing treatment and educational services for consumers and their caregivers is more effective if those services are implemented based on their characteristics and differences. to partly address this objective, the present study aimed to describe and compare characteristics and differences of chronic hospitalized and household maintained consumers and their caregivers who were reg...