[Mental health status of nursing staff]

Mental health disorders are common problems among helping professionals such as nurses that create many psychosocial problems. This study aims to determine the mental health status of nursing staff. it was a descriptive, cross-sectional study .All of nursing personnel [n=92] in Fateme Zahra hospital in Najafabad city were recruited by census .Data was collected by The Symptom Checklist-90-R [SCL-90] and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA using SPSS-PC [v. 11.5]. The finding showed that%81.1 of nurses was healthy and 18.9% of them were exposed to mental disorders .The most prevalent disorders were: 7.3% somatic disorders, 5.8% paranoid thoughts and%5 anxieties. According to the findings, more attention should be paid to mental health of nursing staff to improve quality care and to retain nurses

[ effect of assertiveness on postpartum depression]

Postpartum depression endangers mother's health and has negative effect on her social communication and infant development. Assertiveness is a part of life skills that improve depression. Therefore, this study was done aiming at determining the effect of assertiveness on postpartum depression. This Study was a semi-experimental, witch was accomplished in Fateme Zahra hospital in Najafabad. 60 samples were selected from mothers with 4-8 weeks after delivery through convenience method and then divided into 2groups randomly. Case group intervention was accomplished. Depression in both groups before and 1 month after intervention was measured by Beck questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by statistical tests, paired- T, independent T, X2 and P