[Anxiety and depression in cancer patients]

As depression and anxiety can have profound negative effects on the functional status, quality of life, duration of hospitalization and even medical outcome of cancer patients, evaluation and treatment of these disorders are important. This was a descriptive study to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in cancer patients hospitalized at Isfahan Sayyed-o-shohada hospital. A toal number of 173 hospitalized patients were enrolled. The Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] and Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale [ZSAS] were applied to measure depression and anxiety respectively. Data were analyzed using chi-squar test running SPSS-ll soft-ware. Prevalence of anxiety and depression was found to be 18.5% and 32.9% respectively. Anxiety had a higher prevalence among women [P<0.05]. Patients in the age group of 50-65 years old had the highest rate of anxiety [p<0.05]. Age or gender had no correlation with depression. Type of malignancy, duration of treatment and treatment method were not correlated with prevalence of depression and anxiety

Aggression, anxiety, and social development in adolescent children of war veterans with PTSD versus those of non-veterans

Background: evaluation of psychological problems in children of war veterans with PTSD can be the first step in improving the war - related trauma and interrupting the known phenomenon of transgeneration transmission of this trauma

Methods: using three self - administered questionnaires, this study was carried out to compare aggression, anxiety, and social development [as some of the most expected mental health problems in this group according to literature] in adolescent children of war veterans and those of non-veterans. The two groups were matched regarding sex, academic achievement, stage of education, and economic status of the family

Results: after controlling the level of parental education [as a confounding variable], a higher rate of aggression and anxiety was found in adolescent children of war veterans with PTSD but the two groups showed no significant difference in social development

Conclusion: the higher rate of anxiety and aggression among children of war veterans with PTSD along with many other factors such as low socioeconomic status in this group signifies the importance of mental health screening programs and appropriate interventions in this group