objective: dysfunctional beliefs of tuberculosis patients have pivotal role in treatment and development of their serious psychiatric problems. cognitive group psychotherapy has been utilized to manage the dysfunctional beliefs. methods: in a quasi-experimental study and a pretest and posttest design, 24 male tubercular patients were selected by convenient sampling and then randomly assigned to...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of infertility and concurrent medical treatment may inflict an array of negative emotional symptoms in infertile persons. Evidence for the positive effects of psychotherapy on negative affect and also possible influence on conception rates has been discussed in several studies. METHOD Meta-analyses were conducted in order to evaluate the efficacy of group and individu...

Positive psychotherapy (PPT) contrasts with standard interventions for depression by increasing positive emotion, engagement, and meaning rather than directly targeting depressive symptoms. The authors have tested the effects of these interventions in a variety of settings. In informal student and clinical settings, people not uncommonly reported them to be "life-changing." Delivered on the Web...