ABSTRACT
Background: Living with a parent having cancer would be intolerable for their children. Adolescents usually encounter much more emotional problems than others and will be especially more affected during the period of passage from childhood to adolescence. Regarding the fact that these affects are varied depending on their family structure and culture, researchers decided to investigate the main problems of adolescents had a parent with cancer in Iran
Materials and methods: This qualitative research with descriptive- explorative design was done on 27 participants. Semi-structured interviews were used for gathering data and constant comparative analysis method was used for analyzing
Results: The main problems of adolescents who had parents with cancer were in seven themes, and among them psychological problems had the most codes, and in the theme of adolescent made of crystal we have described it in details
Conclusion: Psychological problems of adolescents having parents with cancer in Iran are the same as other countries with this difference that in Iran, we do not have educational- supportive program for reducing these problems therefore necessary steps should be taken for preparing and implementing this program
ABSTRACT
Co-morbidity of personality disorders with illicit drug abuse has a deleterious effect on the management outcome of both conditions. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of different personality disorders among substance dependent patients in an Iranian city [Isfahan] with a view to have a better understanding of various management strategies. A total of 368 different patients with substance dependency [363 men, 5 women; mean age 29 +/- 9 years] were selected for the study. Using a Persian translation of DSM-IV, information was collected on [i] demographic data; and [ii] personality disorders criteria. A total of 299 clients [81.3%] had at least one personality disorder. Lower level of education, younger age and being married were significantly associated with a higher prevalence of personality disorders. Our findings indicate the importance of assessment of personality disorder for all patients with substance abuse/dependency in order to draw up a more effective management strategy