the effect of quranic mentality program on mental health of students of urmia university of medial sciences (ramadan 2012)

conclusions based on previous studies, it can be concluded that religious and behavioral aspects can be used as a factor in the improvement of human mental health. background religion and health are two very important aspects of human societies. in recent years, psychologists have viewed religion as an extraordinary force which gives spiritual power to humans and protects them against difficulties and hardship; it also keeps them away from stress and worries. quranic mentality program is a combination of academic training, as well as religious activities. results the results show that there is a significant difference between control and experimental groups; moreover, quranic mentality program had an impact on mental health increment of students. patients and methods mental health questionnaire (28-ghq) which was extracted by goldberg and hillier was the tool that had been used in this study. from a statistical population of 200, a sample of 50 students had been selected from 3 classrooms of 40 with the use of random clustering method; also a control group of 50 students (25 females and 25 males) who were studying at the same time at the university had been selected. statistical methods of t-test had been used for independent groups. objectives this study aimed to investigate the impact of the educational program of quranic mentality on the mental health of students.