Received: 19 Aug, 2015 Accepted: 22 Oct, 2015 Abstract Background & Aims: Obesity is one of the mental health problems in the world that have important risk factors for mental and physical health. Self-efficacy is an important component that plays critical role in reduction of women weight. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on enhancing s...

Background: Unlike other hazards,  impersonal work environments, insecurity is one of the dangers of personal nature. Employed females have always been exposed to sexual harassment, but most sexual harassment study focuses on the features of those who commit sexual harassment and less on those who have been sexually abused and their mental health effect. Therefore, the  research was aimed to us...

The study was done in order to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral approach based on Family therapy in reducing behavioral problems in adolescents who have fathers with substance abuse.The method of research of this study was implemented within experimental single subject design by using single base lines. The subject was a 13 year- old boy who was at 8th grade and was the only ...

Background & aim: Sexual schemas are the central beliefs of a person's sexual dimensions that affect sexual and non-sexual performance. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of two methods of cognitive behavioral therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitment on the sexual schema of postmenopausal women. Methods: This was a semi-experimental study...

Background: Pain anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders in patients with migraine headaches that affects the response to treatment. This study aimed to comparison the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy focused on Insomnia with    mindfulness based cognitive therapy and Fordyce happiness training on pain anxiety in women with migraine headache Methods: The present ...

Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy has provided the most empirical evidence concerning the treatment of mood disorders, especially depression. However, the findings have not confirmed the definitive efficacy of this treatment so far. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of adolescent-centered mindfulness training with cognitive behavioral therapy on depression and su...

Introduction: Depressed female students suffer many problems such as social anxiety and poor communication skills. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive directed mindfulness therapy(PDMT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) on social anxiety and communication skills of female students with depression. Methods: This was a ...

Psychotherapy for bipolor disorder has been very much neglected. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the meta cognitive, emotional processing training (MEPT) with medical and standard therapy (drug) in increasing emotional, cognitive and social skills, of the patients with bipolar disorders. Materials and Methods: This semi experimental study with control group was carried out o...

  Introduction: Mindfulness may be considered as a state of promoting self-awareness to improve cognitive fusion, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal thoughts. Therefore this study was done aimed to evaluate the effect of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in cognitive fusion, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder. Methods: The res...