Objectives: The objective of this research was to the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral psychodrama group therapy on self-focused attention and social anxiety in adolescent girls. Materials and methods: This research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population included all 9th-grade girls who were referre...

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...

Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy based on coping skills (CBT) and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) in improvement of emotional regulation strategies and prevention of relapse. Method: The method of the present study was semi-experimental research design (pre-test-post-test with witness group). For sampling 45 substance abuse people who had ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the effect of behavioral activation therapy (BA) through cognitive flexibility and emotional flexibility on the symptoms of women with major depressive disorder. This study was based on the single-subject design. The research sample consisted of five women with major depressive disorder (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety (BAI), Cognitive Flexi...

  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...