Introduction: The mitral valve prolapse is a heart syndrome that is characterized by considerable physical and psychological consequences for affected patients. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy in reducing worrying, generalized anxiety and panic attacks in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Methods: This study is quasi-experimental research with prete...

  Background & Aims: Essential hypertension is one of the most important factors on quality of life and life style and the third cause of death in the world. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on improvement of quality of life and life style in patients with essential hypertension.   Materials & Methods : In a quasi-experimental design w...

Introduction: Behavioral problems are a complex set of emotional, cognitive and behavioral problems, which are characterized by a lack of control and non-adherence to moral and social principles and behavioral disorders in a desirable way in society. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on emotion regulation on impulsivity and aggressi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy in improvement of relapse prevention skills and mental health in the addicted. The statistical population was all the addicted who were successfully detoxificated. For experimental group fifteen addicts were selected based on the available sample and for control group, fifteen subjects were pair...

Objective Intellectual disability is a common neurodevelopmental disorder which leads to lower social activities, skills and life quality. It seems that play therapy could improve social skills of students with intellectual disability. Play is one of the important methods for social skills training to students with intellectual disability. Group play therapy enhances social skills like leadersh...

Background and Objective: One of the factors affecting the mental health of people is their job. Nursing is a source of stress due to the stress in its nature. Although the common goal of all psychotherapy approaches is to promote mental health, the results of studies have shown that there is a significant difference between them in terms of effectiveness. Therefore, the selection of the best p...

Objective: This study was an attempt to compare the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy and logotherapy therapy in Reducing Depression and Increasing Life Expectancy in Drug Addicts. Method: This was an experimental study along with pretest/posttest and control group. All the addicts referring to one of the methadone addiction treatment centers in Qorveh City (Naikoo Salamat Cen...