aim and background: insomnia, one of the prevalent disorders, in many cases is considered as a sign associated with physical and mental disorders. the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on these symptoms among male prisoners. methods and materials: subjects of this experimental study were 28 male prisoners in central prison of shiraz who w...

recent research from a number of clinical trials has shown that transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy is efficacious, having shown comparable effects on primary anxiety disorder diagnoses as traditional diagnosis-specific cbt, and highly economical for treatment providers. however, a majority of anxiety disorder patients present with two or more “comorbid” diagnoses at once. given that t...

the fear of driving can be severe enough to be considered a phobia. it is often great enough that people will avoid driving at all costs and instead find someone to drive them or use public transportation, regardless of how inconvenient or expensive. this fear will cause many to avoid driving, create excuses to not drive, or even refuse to get a driver's license for years. the aim of this ...

introduction: the aim of the present research was to conduct a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of play therapy studies on behavioral disorders in children. method: the method of this study was meta-analysis. twenty two studies from throughout iran (1996 to 2012) including 637 participants were used in this meta-analysis. data was analyzed using standardized mean difference effect size method...

objective: this research investigates and compares the effects of short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) over psychological problems of the patients with binge eating disorder (bed). methods: among patients of sina hospital and other weight loss centers of tehran, 44 people were selected and allocated randomly in cbt (14), mbct (14) and cont...

treatment of spinal cord injury by exogenous cells has brought both successful and unsuccessful results. olfactory ensheathing cells and schwann cells have been widely used for transplantation purposes. in this study, we investigated the effects of these cells on contused spinal cord by introducing cells into subarachnoid space. fifty thousand schwann cells or olfactory ensheathing cells or a m...

introduction: the present study aims at determining the efficacy of family based cognitive-behavioral therapy on children's anxiety. methods: in a quasi-experimental study, 120 girls’ with the ages of 10-11 with scores above 24 on the spence children's anxiety scale were enrolled. the mothers completed the spence children's anxiety scale-parent version. mothers and children were randomly assign...

objective : this study compared the effectiveness of two group treatments, behavioral activation (ba) and cognitive therapy (ct), in reducing subsyndromal anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of iranian university students. method : twenty-seven iranian university students who scored 18 or higher on the depression subscale and 16 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the depression, anxie...

cancer patients experience several stressors and emotional upheavals. fear of death, interruption of life plans, changes in body image and self-esteem, changes in social role and lifestyle are all important issues to be faced. moreover, depressive disorders may impact the course of the disease and compliance. the cost and prevalence, the impairment caused and the diagnostic and therapeutic unce...

background: laps is one of the challenges in the treatment of opioid dependency that cause relapse. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of behavioral group therapy and cognitive-behavioral group therapy on the laps rate and persistence in the treatment of patients with opioid dependency under the treatment of mmt. methods: in a quasi-experimental study, 66 patients were...