Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of choice theory therapy and behavioral activation (BA) therapy with and without guided mental imagery on resilience in substance-dependent adolescents. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study sample included 60 substance-dependent adolescents who were selected by convenience...

  Background & Aims: Social-phobia disorder is one of the anxiety-disorders. Its cognitive-behavioral group therapy has been used as a selective treatment by researchers and has recently received special attention. The present study aimed to compare the amount of effectiveness of three different ways of social-phobia disorder treatments: behavioral group therapy, cognitive group therapy, and co...

Introduction: Anxiety and depression are among the variables that children with cancer need psychological treatment for them. The aim of this study was to determine the comparing the effectiveness of group story therapy and the art-play therapy on anxiety and depression in children with cancer based on the framework, principles and rules of cognitive-behavioral approach. Methods: The research m...

This study was a comparative evaluation conducted to assess the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral religious-cultural therapy in addition to medication treatment versus medication treatment alone and cognitive-behavioral therapy in addition to medication treatment in improvement of anxiety disorder (obsessive-compulsive). 15 obsessive-compulsive patients (5 males & 10 females) wi...

  This study is designed to investigate the effect of cognitive- behavioral family therapy on reduction of children's behavioral problems in divorcing families. 24 couples were randomly selected from among the couples who were refferd to behzisti office for counseling ,were assigned randomly in 2 groups control group and experimental group. The children 2 groups were evaluated by pre and post t...

Background: Depression and anxiety are variables that undermine adolescentschr('39') mental health. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of family mode deactivation therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and acceptance-commitment therapy on depression and anxiety of adolescent girls. Materials and methods: The research method was quasi-experimental, and the research design ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy and exposure therapy on the reduction of interpretation bias and fear of negative evaluation in social anxiety disorder. Method: In a pre-posttest experimental design with control group, 24 students studying at B.Sc. level in the Health School of Iran University of Medical Sciences with ...

Introdution: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and hope therapy on quality of life, life expectancy, resiliency in patients with thalassemia who went to Bushehr Thalassemia Therapy Center in 2017. Methods: The study was experimental and census was used. It consisted of 21 patients with thalassemia in Bushehr province who were randomly ...