The Royal College of Psychiatrists classifies group psychotherapy as required experience for psychotherapy training as part of general psy chiatric training (Grant et al, 1993). This is defined as group experience in in-patient and/ or out-patient settings, with an experienced cotherapist and/or supervision. Previous surveys estimate that the percentage of trainees gaining such experience range...

INTRODUCTION Suicide is a great economical, social and public health problem. It is prevalent worldwide and has a lot of negative effects on individuals, families and society. Depression is often prelude to Suicide. An important part of the treatment of the mentally ill patients is spiritual-religious psychotherapy which should be done after physical treatment. The aim of this study was to dete...

In Iran, inpatient group psychotherapy has been limited to transient practices for research purposes or fulfilling personal interest of therapists. The goal of this paper is to share and explain the experience of developing an inpatient group psychotherapy program in Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran, Iran. After theoretical delineation and preparation of a draft of the program guideline, tw...

purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in patients with major depressive disorder. the population of this study included all patients admitted to the army hospital no. 520 diagnosed with major depressive disorder from which 30 individuals were selected by using random sampling into experimental and control groups (n = 15 experimental and n = 15 control). materials an...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in women in the world. It causes fear, despair, and takes a tremendous toll on psychological status. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of group positive psychotherapy on the depression and happiness of breast cancer patients. METHODS This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 42 breast cancer patients in The Oncol...

BACKGROUND Negative symptoms of schizophrenia have a severe impact on functional outcomes and treatment options are limited. Arts therapies are currently recommended but more evidence is required. AIMS To assess body psychotherapy as a treatment for negative symptoms compared with an active control (trial registration: ISRCTN84216587). METHOD Schizophrenia out-patients were randomised into ...