background: emotion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (ecbt) is a new form of cbt with emotion regulation components. this form of treatment is suggested to be employed to improve dysregulation of anxiety and other kind of emotions in anxious children.this study observed and compared the effectiveness of cbt and ecbt on anxiety symptoms; sadness and anger management;and cognitive emotion reg...

acceptance and commitment therapy (act) is a new development within behavioral therapy. its goal is to promote psychological flexibility. numerous studies show that suffering results when people attempt to avoid their inner experiences (experiential avoidance). this experiential avoidance often leads to rigid and inflexible behavior that also leads them to compromise their goals and what is imp...

although some childhood fairs and anxieties are as part of normal development in children, but relatively stable over time and may have some anxiety problems in adolescence and adulthood continue to increase. this study is done to determine the effectiveness of cbt (which was included: relaxation, visualization ideally, self-ordering in maykenbam way, thinking-stop of anxiety in wolpe way and c...

background: the infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. materials and methods: a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from f...

objective: sexual dysfunction is frequently reported as a side effect of many antidepressant medications. as a result, for those depressed patients to whom sexual desire is important, psychological treatment may be a better intervention. thus, the present study aimed to determine the possible changes in sexual desire following psychological treatments in depression, when focus of therapy is not...

objective: to determine the effect of group cognitive behavior therapy (cbt) on psychological hardiness and coping strategies of infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive therapy (art). methods: two groups of infertile women who received art consisted of experimental group (15 females) and control group (16 females) were compared. the participants in experimental group received 15 sessio...

background lack of control on irritation among prisoners afflicted with ptsd is a common symptom. objectives this research studied the effectiveness of a therapy group with a cognitive behavioral approach to decrease aggressiveness. materials and methods this research was semi-empirical and the research plan was pre-test/post-test with a control group. the statistical community of this research...

car accidents ending up with death have often existed in the country's roads, and children who witnessed the death of their family members are highly prone to psychological diseases including posttraumatic stress disorder. since this disorder may affect children's intellectual growth and mental performance as well as causing mental damages, contributing to the treatment of this disord...

objective: standards of care and treatment of premenstrual syndrome (pms) vary. non-drug ‎psychosocial intervention therapy is recommended for women with any kind of ‎discomfort or distress caused by pms. the current study examined the effectiveness of ‎group cognitive-behavioral therapy on the symptoms of pms at a girls’ dormitory of ‎north khorasan university of medical sciences. method: in t...

results results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of depression and temping beliefs (p < 0.0001). in other words, the results showed that cognitive-behavior therapy reduces depression and improves craving beliefs of abusers under methadone maintenance treatment. objectives this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of co...