مرضیه عفتی دیوشلی

Adultery with the dead or necrophilia is an abnormal sexual disorder in which sexual pleasure arises from liaison with the corpses. According to psychologists, this type of sexual intercourse is a severe mental disorder, and such patients not only need psychotherapy, but also their criminal responsibility is questionable. Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code also implies such an inference, but contrary to expectations, the legislature has considered sexual intercourse with a corpse to be adultery and the related punishments are considered for the perpetrator. (Whipping for an unmarried adulterer and execution for married adultery) Regardless of the eligibility of a person with necrophilia to be held criminally liable, criminalizing or placing such behavior under the control of criminal law does not follow the principles and criteria governing this matter. Thus, the criminological challenges of this behavior appear in the face of its jurisprudential documents. In this article, we intend to analyze these shortcomings

Substance dependents encounter with many problems which cause confusion in their quality of life. This survey is a descriptive-analytical study. In this survey 150 persons of substance dependents who refer to addiction recovery centers at Rasht were selected by available sampling method. Information was collected via mental health questionnaire (GHQ-28) and quality of life questionnaire of World Health Organization. Findings showed a significant relation between quality of life and mental health of substance dependents. Also results of simultaneous regression showed that many components of quality of life were correlated to mental health components. Mental health domain of quality of life showed significant correlation with 3 domains namely: anxiety، social dysfunction and depression. Also physical health domain of quality of life showed significant correlation with somatization domain of mental health. It could be possible to increase mental health of substance dependents by improving of quality of life، in accordance to survey findings.