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Showing 6 results for Mental Disorders
M Ramandi, H Shareh, E Siltani, F Khormaee, A Mirzaee,
Volume 21, Issue 3 (8-2013)
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of coping strat-egies against mental disorders among patie-nts with diabetes.
Materials & Methods: For the study, 50 patients with diabetes mellitus (18 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 32 non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patient-s) from the mental health center of Firooz-abad city (located in south west of Iran) were selected using convenience sampling. All subjects completed 3 questionnaires: demographic characteristics, Coping Strate-gies, and Symptom Checklist -90 –Revised (SCL-90-R). Data were analyzed using Pea-rson correlation, stepwise multiple regressi-on and MANOVA.
Findings: There was a high rate of mental disorders among the patients and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had higher ave-rage scores in comparison with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. No significant differences were observed between the two groups for the coping strategies question-nnaire. There was a significant relationship between emotion-focused and less useful coping strategies with mental disorders (P<0.5). Regression analysis revealed a significant role of coping strategies for mental disorders in patients with diabetes (P<0.5).
Discussion & Conclusion: Coping strate-gies had a significant contribution in predi-cting mental disorders in patients with dia-betes.
R Mousavimoghadam, H Tavan, K Sayehmiri, S Nadery,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (6-2014)
Abstract
Aim: The World Health Organization defines mental health as communicate with others, improving the environment and conflict resolving. In recent years, the prevalence of mental disorders has increased and the prevalence of mental disorders has been reported to be 18-23% in Iran.
Methods: This study is a descriptive- comparative research that the mental health of boys and girls in schools has been studied. The required information is obtained by means of the GHQ 28 standard questionnaire that is distributed among 118 students. The mental health is divided into four categories, the first category with 0-21 score, the second with 22-42, the third with 43-63 and the latter group which received the scores of 64-84. The SPSS software was used for data analysis.
Results: The sample included 64 (54%) male and 54 (46%) female and the overall score of the students were classified into 4 categories. Among the samples, 38 students (32.2%), 61 students (51.7%), 17 students (14.7 %) and two persons (1.7%) are received the were received the scores of 0-21, 22-42, 43-63 and 64-84, respectively. Also, the statistical meaningful relationship is observed between the age, the grade and mental health (P <0.05).
Conclusion: Relatively large numbers of children are of good mental health state. It is found that as age of participants is increased the mental health of children degraded. Students have a maturity period of less than mental health. Therefore, schools can make physical changes of puberty class advice on the mental health of students to increase during puberty
M Babanejad, T Pourkaramkhan, A Delpisheh, A Khorshidi, K Asadollahi , K Sayehmiri ,
Volume 22, Issue 5 (10-2014)
Abstract
Introduction: Mental disorders play an important role in suicide occurrenceso that more than 90 percent of suicide victims are suffering from a mental disorder at the time of death. The present study aimed to det-ermine the epidemiological aspects of suicide due tomentaldisordersin Ilam pro-vince.
Material &Methods: Through a cross-sec-tional study, all records of suicide events either completed or attempts (n=5188) were investigated in Ilam province during 1993 to 2009. A Chi-square and multiple logistic regressions analysis was adopted to estim-ate the role of risk factors associated with suicide events due to mental disorders.
Findings: In overall, 27.5% of suicides oc-curred due to mental disorders. The highest frequency of suicides due to mental dis-orders belonged to males (29.3%), indi-viduals with and over 30 years old (33.2%), attempted suicide (28.3%), the year 1996(44%) and the decade of 1990s (30.3%). The risk of suicide due to mental disorders was estimated to be (OR=0.85, CI=0.74-0.97) for females, (OR=2.42, CI= 1.79-3.26) for the year 1996, (OR=0.79, CI= 0.67-0.93) for completed suicide and (OR=0.82, 0.66-1.01) for the age group of 25 to 29 years old.
Discussion &Conclusion: It is required to train people at risk including attempted su-icides among males
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Volume 23, Issue 1 (4-2015)
Abstract
Introduction: Confusion is a concept derived from following. This study aimed to identify the causes and types of confusion in the treatment of parents who have children with developmental disorders.
Materials & Methods: The questionnaire was designed to investigate the causes of confusion and was completed by 350 parents of children who were purposefully selected. The obtained data were analyzed by factor analysis method, and then the relationship between each of factors and the amount of confusion were analyzed using log-linear analysis method.
Findings: Results indicated that factors such as control, beliefs, interaction of therapist client and access to confusion treatment in the type of inter-special, and factors such as beliefs, socio-cognitive factors and interaction of therapist - client can predict the delay in referring to therapist. The investigations showed that the most common cause of confusion was social–cognitive factor, and the least common was commitment factor.
Discussion & Conclusion: Causes of confusion are the result of a combination of intrapersonal and environmental factors which confirm the necessity of individual counseling as well as informing parents and health officials to help families of children with developmental disorders.
Zohreh Mahdian, Samira Vakili, Saeed Rezayi, Masoud Gholam Ali Lavasani,
Volume 31, Issue 2 (5-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: Neurodevelopmental disorders are group of neuropsychiatric disorders that occur in childhood and cause disruption in the growth and development of the brain or central nervous system in children. According to research results, children with neurodevelopmental disorders are weak in physical, cognitive, emotional, and social skills. This study aimed to develop a multimedia educational program with a neuropsychological approach and evaluate its effectiveness in the social skills of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Material & Methods: In this study, initially, a multimedia educational program with neuropsychological approach was designed, and the content validity of the tool was confirmed by experts. The statistical population of this study included male students aged 7-11 years old with neurodevelopmental disorder in Tehran, Iran. Using the purposefully convenience sampling method, and after administering Stanford-Binet Test of Intelligence (Fifth Edition), 100 children with neurodevelopmental disorder and natural IQ level and above were selected and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was subjected to 90-min 24 multimedia educational sessions with neuropsychological approach. On the other hand, the control group received no intervention. They were then followed-up after one month and a half. The required data were collected using Social Skills Rating System (Gresham and Elliot, 1999) as pre-test, post-test, and the follow-up.
Findings: The results of repeated measurement MANCOVA showed the effectiveness of the multimedia educational program with neuropsychological approach in the improvement of social skills of children with neurodevelopmental disorder (P˂0.01; Effect Size 0.35). Furthermore, it was shown that the effect of this program with neuropsychological approach on the social skills of children with neurodevelopmental disorder was constant even after one month and a half.
Discussion & Conclusion: A multimedia educational program with neuropsychological approach can be used to increase and strengthen the social skills of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Zohreh Mahdian, Samira Vakili, Saeed Rezayi, Masoud Gholam Ali Lavasani,
Volume 31, Issue 5 (11-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: Neurodevelopmental disorders begin in childhood and lead to a weakening of physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills in affected children. The aim of this study is to develop a multimedia educational program and to evaluate its effectiveness on problem solving in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Material & Methods: In this study, a multimedia training program with a neuropsychological approach was first developed and the content validity of the tool was confirmed by experts. The effectiveness of the program was then evaluated in a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, a post-tesand a follow-up phase. The participants in this study were children with neurodevelopmental disorders whose male students were studying in Tehran in the academic year of 1400-1401. The children were examined using the Tehran Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, and 100 children with neurodevelopmental disorders were selected based on the available sampling method and randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group completed 24 -training sessions that focused on a multimedia training program with a neuropsychological approach. Each session took place five times a week and lasted 90 minutes. The instrument used in this research were London Tower Test (Shalis,1982) , which was used as a pre-test, post-testand for the follow-up studies. The data were then analyzed using repeated measurement tests and multivariate analysis of variance (MANCOVA).
Findings: The results showed that the multimedia training program can influence the problem-solving skills (p≤0/01) of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. It also showed that the effect of this instruction was constant even after 1/5 months.
Conclusion: multimedia training program with Neuropsychological approach enhance problem solving of Children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
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