objective: the psychometric properties and factor structure of the persian padua inventory washington state university revision (pi-wsur), a measure of obsessive- compulsive phenomena, was examined in a non-clinical sample of 348 iranian university students. method: the pi-wsur was translated into persian, and its back translation was controlled by the author inventory. a pilot study based on c...

addiction is one of the most serious social damages and due to its progressive nature in all aspects, adversely affects people's physical and psychological health. hence, this paper investigates the characteristics of drug addicts in a drug rehabilitation center in the city of isfahan.in this cross-sectional study conducted in 2012, the population consisted of all addicts that referred to shefa...

following a personal, community or national crisis or disaster there is a need to provide some form of early intervention and crisis support. the essential components of successful early interventions include planning, education, training and support for those affected. the goal of all early interventions should be to maximize the likelihood of a positive mental health outcome using the person’...

the aim of this study was to compare the level of anxiety and depression in patients admitted to surgery or internal departments. the study was carried out on 359 hospitalized patients over the age of 18 years and designed as a cross sectional survey. participants were recruited from internal medicine and surgery departments of khatam al anbia hospital, tehran, iran. information was collected u...

introduction : behavioral disorder is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders among children. it can affect the psychological and social functions of all members of the family. this study has been caring out with the aim of determining the effect of positive parenting program (3p) on depression, anxiety, and stress level of mothers who had children suffering from attention deficit hyp...

this research has been conducted to compare purpose psychological symptoms post-traumatic stress in male and female patients. the sample of this study selected from two group ptsd male and female patients (each group 40 people) they were randomly chosen and matched groups by age and iq, when they completed wais-r. also examined by watson ptsd diagnostic interview (repetitious experience, avoida...

objective: the purpose of this study was to adopt the binge eating scale (bes) among the iranian obese population. methods: bes and a semi-structured interview based on dsm-iv criteria for binge eating disorder were administered among 60 obese subjects aged 20 to 50 years. in order to evaluate test-retest reliability, 30 obese subjects were asked to complete the bes again 9 to 20 days later. in...

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